Vatican: The Synod of Bishops of the major archiepiscopal Syro-Malankar Church has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the eparchy of Muvattupuzha of the Syro-Malankars, Kerala – India, presented by H.E. Msgr. Abraham Mar Julios (Kackanatt). He is succeeded by H.E. Msgr. Yoohanon Mar Theodosius (Kochuthundil), currently coadjutor bishop of the same eparchy.
H.E. Yoohanon Mar Theodosius (Kochuthundil) was born on 8 April 1959 in Puthussery Bhagon, Kerala. After attending the minor seminary of Trivandrum, he completed his institutional studies at Saint Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary (Aluva) and was ordained a priest on 22 December 1985. He holds a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute of Rome.
He has served in the following offices: parish priest, secretary to the archbishop of Trivandrum, rector of the minor seminary, president of the tribunal, official of the Episcopal Conference (C.C.B.I.), protosyncellus (vicar general) of the eparchy of Gurgaon and, currently, of the archieparchy of Trivandrum.
On 5 August 2017 he was elected as bishop of the major archiepiscopal curia of the Syro-Malankar Church, and on 21 September of the same year he received episcopal consecration. He is apostolic visitor for the Syro-Malankar faithful resident in Europe and Oceania.