Archbishop Felix Machado

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai in India; former Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue at the Vatican — the body that manages the Catholic Church's formal relationships with other world religions. A key institutional figure in global Catholic-Buddhist, Catholic-Hindu, and Catholic-Muslim relations.

Connection

Jim Fredericks and Archbishop Machado have worked together for many years in interreligious dialogue.

Why Herbert Would Be Delighted

Machado represents the institutional heart of global interreligious dialogue — the Vatican's own office for reaching across religious traditions. That Herbert can trace a path there through Jim, a longtime friend, gives the ecumenical dimension of Herbert's life its fullest expression.

Cross-Connections

• Otani Monshu – fellow interreligious dialogue figure, connected through Jim Fredericks
• Pope Leo XIV – Machado's Vatican service connects him to the same Catholic institutional world