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Bishop Andrews Thazhath
was born at Pudukkad, Trichur on 13th December 1951. After having
completed school education at Pudukkad and priestly formation at St.
Mary’s Minor Seminary, Trichur and St. Joseph Pontifical Seminary,
Aluva, he was ordained priest for the Eparchy of Trichur on 14th March
1977. He holds Bachelor’s Degree in Theology (B.D.) from Aluva and
Doctor’s Degree in Eastern Canon Law (DOCL) form the Pontifical
Oriental Institute, Rome. He served the Eparchy as Asst. Parish
Priest, prefect of the Minor Seminary, Secretary, Vice-chancellor and
Chancellor of the Eparchial Curia, Rector of Dolours Basilica and Adj.
Judicial Vicar and Judge of the Eparchial Tribunal.
He was nominated the Auxiliary Bishop of the Arch eparchy of Trichur
and the Titular Bishop of Aptuca on 19 March 2004 when he was serving
as the president of the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Ordinary
Tribunal of Ernakulam – Angamaly, the Syncellus of the Arch eparchy,
the Working Chairman and Managing Director of Jeevan Telecasting
Corporation and the President of the Oriental Canon Law Society of
India. He was ordained Bishop by H. G. Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy on the
01st of May 2004 at Lourde’s Metropolitan Cathedral Trichur. His Motto
is “ To be with Him and to be sent forth”. When the resignation from
office submitted by His Grace Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy on reaching the age
of 75 was accepted by His Beatitude Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, the
Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, Mar Andrews Thazhath was
appointed, with the consent of the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar
Church held at Kakkanad at the Major Archiepiscopal Curia at Mount St.
Thomas from 8-12 January 2007, as the new Metropolitan of the
Archdiocese of Trichur which was was made public on 22 January 2007.
He was enthroned as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Trichur on 18 March
2007.
Address:
Archbishop's House,
Trichur - 680 005,
Kerala, India
Tel: +91 487 - 2333325, 2338203 (O), 2333541 (P),
Fax: +91 487 - 2338204
Email : info@trichurarchdiocese.org
Website:
http://www.trichurarchdiocese.org
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