Joseph Perumthottam

Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic prelate (b. 1948)

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Joseph Perumthottam
ܡܪܝ ܝܘܣܦ ܦܝܪܘܡܬܘܬܡ

Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry

Metropolitan Archbishop

Church|

* Catholic Church
* Syro-Malabar Church

Archdiocese| Changanacherry
Predecessor| Joseph Powathil
Successor| Thomas Tharayil
Other post(s)| Chairman of the Syro-Malabar Synodal Commission for Ecumenical Relations
Personal details
Born|  (1948-07-05) 5 July 1948 (age 77)

Kongandoor, Kottayam District, Kerala, India[1]

Residence| St. Joseph's Priests' Home, Ithithanam
Alma mater| St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary Vadavathoor, Gregorian University, Rome

Ordination history

| History

Priestly ordination

Date| 18 December 1974

Episcopal consecration

Principal consecrator| Joseph Powathil
Co-consecrators|

* George Valiamattam,
* Joseph Pallikaparampil

Date| 20 May 2002
Place| St. Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Changanassery
| Episcopal succession

Bishops consecrated by Joseph Perumthottam as principal consecrator

Jacob Muricken| 2012
Jose Pulickal| 2016
Thomas Joseph Tharayil| 2017
Source(s):[2]

Mar Joseph Perumthottam (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܝܘܣܦ ܦܝܪܘܡܬܘܬܡ, romanized: Mar Yawsep Perumthottam) (born 5 July 1948) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church. Was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanacherry, India.[2]

## Education

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He was educated in St. Joseph's High School in Punnathura and St. Berchmans College in Changanassery.[3] He completed his seminary studies at St. Thomas Petit Seminary, Changanassery, and St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam.[3]

On 18 December 1974 he was ordained priest by Archbishop Mar Joseph Powathil, then auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry. After his ministry as assistant parish priest for a few years he was appointed in 1979 as Director of Sandesanilayam, the Catechetical Centre of the Archdiocese and Chaplain of Catholic Workers' Movement of the Archdiocese. In the Catechetical field, he introduced many training programmes, including Catechetical Leaders' Training (CLT), which is being continued to this day by Sandesanilayam.

In 1983 he was sent for higher studies, at Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, where he took a doctorate in Church History. Back from Rome, in 1989 he was appointed professor of St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary Vadavathoor and Missionary Orientation Centre, Manganam, Kottayam and vicar of St. Sebastian's Church, Kodinattumkunnu. During this period he was instrumental in starting Marthoma Vidyanikethan at Changanacherry, the higher institute of religious sciences for the laity. This institute is affiliated to Paurastya Vidyapitam, Vadavthoor, conferring a P.G. degree recognized by the Congregation for Catholic Education, Rome, and Perumthottam has been at its helm for the last decade.

Simultaneously he has been vicar of Mar Sleeba Church, Ponga. He was nominated auxiliary bishop on 24 April 2002 and was consecrated by Archbishop Mar Joseph Powathil at St. Mary's Metropolitan Church, Changanacherry, on 20 May 2002, the 116th anniversary of the Archdiocese.

Perumthottam was appointed Archbishop of Changanassery on 22 January 2007, and assumed charge on 19 March 2007. Perumthottam retired on August 2024 and Thomas Tharayil is his successor.[2][4]

## References

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1. ^ "Archdiocese Changanacherry". www.archdiocesechanganacherry.org. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
2. ^ a b c "Archbishop Joseph Perumthottam". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
3. ^ a b "Mar Joseph Perumthottam". Syro Malabar Church. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
4. ^ "'Role of NSS vital in keeping communal harmony alive'". The New Indian Express. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

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