Alencherry was appointed head of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC), a state-wide organization of Catholic bishops, in December 2019. KCBC's move received criticism from a section of believers in the Church owing to accusations of corruption against him in a land deal case from 2016.[18] The president of Kerala Catholic Bishop's Conference (KCBC), he made all Catholic hospitals open and available for the treatment COVID-19 patients.[citation needed]