Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil

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Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil OIC (born November 21, 1955 in Adoor ) is an Indian religious and Syro-Malankar bishop of Saint Ephrem in Khadki .

Life

Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil joined the religious community of the Order of the Discipline of Christ and the Bishop of Battery , Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil OIC, ordained him on December 27, 1980 .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on January 25, 2010 auxiliary bishop in Trivandrum and titular bishop of Igilgili . The episcopal ordination donated him the Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, Isaac Cleemis Thottunkal , on March 13 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal , Archbishop of Tiruvalla , and Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor , Bishop of Pathanamthitta .

On March 26, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him the first Apostolic Exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate of Saint Ephrem in Khadki, which was established on the same date . With the elevation of the exarchate to the rank of an eparchy , Pope Francis appointed him its first bishop on November 23, 2019.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ erezione dell'Esarcato Apostolico di St Ephrem of Khadki dei Siro Malankaresi (India) e nomina del primo Esarca. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 26, 2015, accessed March 26, 2015 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Elevazione dell'Esarcato Apostolico di St. Ephrem of Khadki dei Siro Malankaresi (India) ad Eparchia e nomina del primo Vescovo Eparchiale. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 23, 2019, accessed November 23, 2019 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Valiyavilayil, Thomas Antonios
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian religious, Syro-Malankar bishop of Khadki
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Adoor