By Matters India Reporter
Bengaluru, May 7, 2022: Pope Francis on May 7 transferred Bishop Thomas Anthonios Valiyavilayil to the Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon of the Syro-Malankara.
He is currently the bishop of the eparchy of St. Ephrem of Khadki of the Oriental Catholic rite. This was announce at noon in Rome.
In another development, Father Antony Kakkanatt is appointed the Curia Bishop of Syro Malankara Catholic Church and Father Mathew Manakkara the auxiliary of Trivandrum Major Archdiocese.
Bishop Thomas Anthonios Valiyavilayil, a member of Order of the Imitation of Christ, was born on November 21, 1955, in Adoor, in the Archieparchy of Trivandrum.
He made his perpetual profession on December 9, 1980, and was ordained a priest on December 27 the same year. He received his doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute .
After ordination, he held the following positions: Superior of various convents; Director of a school in Kottayam; Master of postulants; Treasurer; Chaplain and parish priest; Professor in Trivandrum ‘s St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary and other Major Seminaries; General Councilor of his Institute and Postulator of the Cause of beatification of the Servant of God Mar Ivanios; Chancellor of the Major Archiepiscopal Curia of the Syrian Malankara Church.
Elected Bishop on January 25, 2010, he received episcopal consecration on March 13 the same year.
On March 26, 2015, he was appointed first Apostolic Exarch of St. Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankara.