His Excellency Mar George Alencherry
The first Bishop of the Diocese
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Date of Birh :
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19-04-1945 |
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Place of birth :
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Thuruthy Village, Kottayam District Kerala State |
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Name of Parets :
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Philipose (Father) Mary (Mother) |
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Languages known :
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Malayalam, Tamil, English, French |
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Ordained Priest :
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18th December 1972 |
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Details of degree/diploma :
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B.A. (Economics) Second Rank Kerala University 1965 |
| M.Th. - First Rank, Pontifical Theological Institute, Alwaye 1974 | |
| D.Th.- Conjointly from Sorbonne University and Institute Catholique de Paris, France - 1986 | |
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Publications :
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Dharmikatha Innum Naleyum (Malayalam) 1972 |
| Theological Articles on various subjects in English and Malayalam | |
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Offices held as Priest :
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Director of Catechetics Archdiocese of Changanacherry 1976-78 |
| Deputy Secretary of Kerala Catholic Bishops Council 1986-93 | |
| Director, Pastoral Orientation Centre Ernakulam 1986-91 (The Central Office of the Catholic Church in Kerala) | |
| Professor at Paurastya Vidyapitham Kottayam 1986-97 | |
| Protosyncellus, Archdiocese of Changanacherry - 1994-97 | |
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Ordained and Installed as Bishop of Thuckalay Diocese :
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2nd February 1997 |
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Additional office in the Syro-Malabar Church :
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Secretary, Syro-Malabar Synod Chairman, Synodal Commission for Catechesis |
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Additional office as Bishop in the Church in India :
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Chairman, Laity Commission of Catholic Bishops Conference of India |
