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BIOGRAPHY |
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Mor Gregorios
Kuriakose |
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(Bishop of Kallisserry region of
the Knanaya Archdiocese) |
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Born |
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16 January 1954 |
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Family Name |
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Chaluparambil House, Mannar |
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Parish Church |
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Education |
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Post Graduation in Economics from
Christian College, Indore |
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Theological
Studies |
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B.D. from Dublin Holy Gost Missionary College, Ireland
M.Th. from Paurasthya vidyapeedom, Vadavathoor |
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Korooyo |
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28 January 1975 (ordained by H.G. Abraham
Mor Clemis) |
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Kassisso |
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28 August 1980 (ordained by H.G.
Abraham Mor Clemis) |
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Ramban |
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21 January 2007 (ordained by H.G. Kuriakose
Mor Severios)
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Metropolitan |
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02 February 2007 (ordained by Patriarch
H.H. Ignatius Zakka I Iwas) |
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Current
Responsibilities |
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1. Asst. Metropoliatan of Kallisserry region
of the Knanaya
Archdiocese
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Rabban Kuriakose Chaluparampil was consecrated as
the suffragan Metropolitan of the Knanaya Archdiocese in Malankara with the name
Mor Gregorios Kuriakose on Friday, 2nd February 2007 at the St. Peter & St.
Paul's Patriarchal Cathedral at Ma`rrat Sayyidnaya, Damascus, Syria, by His
Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, the Patriarch of Antioch and All the
East. The Knanaya Archbishop Mor Severios Kuriakose, Malankara Episcopal Synod
Secretary Mor Gregorios Joseph, patriarchal secretaries Mor Athanasius
Geevargese,
Mor Athanasius Elia Bahi and Mor Philexinos Mathias, assisted His Holiness in
the consecration. Hundreds of priests and faithful from Knanaya community from
India and abroad participated in the holy ceremony.
On Saturday, 10th February, H.G. Mor Gregorios
Kuriakose returned to Malankara and a public reception was given to the
Metropolitan at Chingavanam in the afternoon. Later the Sunthroniso of
the new Metropolitan was held at the St.John's Cathedral under the auspices of
the H.B. Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I. Mor Gregorios
Kuriakose who was ordained as the assistant to Archbishop Mor Severios Kuirakose,
was later given charge of Kallisserry region of the Knanaya
Archdiocese, which was formed on June 1, 2008.
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Metropolitan Consecration ceremony of H.G.
Kuriakose Mor Gregorios
held at the St. Peter & St. Paul Cathedral
in Mor Aphrem Monastery, Maarat Saiydnaya, Syria
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Reception to H.G. Mor Gregorios Kurikose on his
arrival at Chingavanam where
the Church headquarters is situated on 10 February
2007
