New Auxiliary Bishop for Syro-Malabar Chicago Diocese
He is currently rector of the eparchial Cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois.
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The diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle of Chicago, the only diocese meant for the migrant Catholics from Kerala, has some 87,000 Catholics, 53 priests, some 30 religious.
The new bishop was born in Parappukara, in Kerala in 1956 and was ordained a priest in 1981.
He holds a master's degree in theology from the St. Joseph's Pontifical Institute, Aluva, and the Adheva University, Wattair, and completed the Clinical Pastoral Education program at Georgetown University, U.S.A.
He has held a number of pastoral roles both in India – in the eparchial cathedral in Chalakudy and as chaplain of the Syro-Malabar community in Chennai – and in the U.S.A.
He was also chaplain of Georgetown University and parish priest in New Milford, Newark and Garfield.
He is currently rector of the eparchial Cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois.
Source: CBCI
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