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Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam,
belonging to the Congregation of St.
Therese (C.S.T.) was born in 1947.
He made his religious profession on
17th May, 1965, and was ordained
priest on 21st December, 1973. He
holds the degree of Licentiate in
Christology from the University of
Leuven. He spent first 4 years of
his priestly ministry in the Little
Flower Ashram of Mookkannur (Kerala),
Sacred Heart Orphanage. After 2
years in the Gorakhpur Mission
(1977-1979), he served in Ausburg
(Germany) (1979-1982). Subsequently,
he became the Rector of the Diocesan
Minor Seminary of Gorakhpur
(1983-1986) and was appointed
Chancellor of Gorakhpur and
Secretary of the Bishop, Most Rev.
Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T., (1986-1987).
After one year Rectorship at the
Minor Seminary, C.S.T., Bal Bhavan
of Mookkannur, he was appointed
General Procurator, Councilor and
Provincial Econome, Vicar Provincial
of the St. Thomas Province and
Counselor General (1989-1994), and,
later on, he exercised pastoral
ministry in France (1995-2003).
Since 2003 he was the Superior
General of his Congregation when he
was appointed bishop of Gorackpur on
15th July, 2006. He was ordained
bishop on 1 October 2006 by His
Beatitude Varkey Cardinal
Vithayathil, the Major Archbishop at
Gorakhpur. |
