Andrews Thazhath
Mar Andrews Thazhath ܡܵܪܝ ܐܲܢܕܪܲܝܘܿܣ ܡܸܛܪܵܦܘܿܠܝܼܛܵܐ | |
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Thrissur | |
Province | Kerala |
Diocese | Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur |
See | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Predecessor | Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy |
Successor | Incumbent |
Other post(s) | Chairman & MD of Jeevan TV, President of the Oriental Canon Law Society of India, President of Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council, KCC President, CBCI Steering Committee member, Member of Central Co-ordination Committee of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Orders | |
Ordination | 14 March 1977 |
Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Pudukkad, Thrissur, Kerala, India | 13 December 1951
Nationality | India |
Denomination | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Residence | Catholic Archbishop’s House, Thrissur |
Occupation | Priest |
Profession | Religious |
Alma mater | , Pontifical Oriental Institute |
Mar Andrews Thazhath ܡܵܪܝ ܐܲܢܕܪܲܝܘܿܣ ܡܸܛܪܵܦܘܿܠܝܼܛܵܐ[citation needed] is an Indian Catholic archbishop.He is the third and the present metropolitan archbishop of from 2007. He was nominated as the archbishop succeeding Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy on 22 January 2007 and was installed to the office on 18 March 2007 by Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil.[1][2][3] Founder, father and head of Legion of Apostolic Families (LOAF). LOAF is a lay pious association of consecrated families founded by Mar Andrews Thazhath in 2009.
References[]
- ^ "MT decries religious intolerance". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Thattil consecrated auxiliary bishop". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 April 2010. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Rich tributes paid to K.N. Raj". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 3 October 2004. Archived from the original on 6 November 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Syro-Malabar Catholics
- Archbishops of Thrissur
- 21st-century Eastern Catholic archbishops
- Syro-Malabar archbishops
- 20th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops
- Pontifical Oriental Institute alumni