Province Kerala Ordination December 21, 1980 Name Raphael Thattil | Nationality Indian Rank Auxiliary Bishop | |
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Born 21 April 1956Thrissur, Kerala, India ( 1956-04-21 ) Denomination Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Diocese Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur | ||
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Raphael Thattil is an East Syrian Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur and the Titular Bishop of Buruni. Pope Francis appointed Bishop Raphael Thattil to the office of the Apostolic Visitor for the Syro-Malabar faithful in India residing outside the proper territory of the Major Archiepiscopal Church. He was the first rector of the Mary Matha Major Seminary, Thrissur.
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- MAR RAPHAEL THATTIL SHAMSHABAD BISHOP THRISSUR AUXILIARY BISHOP
- Early life
- Career
- References
MAR RAPHAEL THATTIL | മാര് റാഫേല് തട്ടില് |SHAMSHABAD BISHOP | THRISSUR AUXILIARY BISHOP
Early life
Thattil was born in Thrissur on 21 April 1956. He did his schooling at St Thomas College High School, Thrissur, and joined St Mary’s Minor Seminary, Thope on 4 July 1971. He did his ecclesiastical studies in St Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, and he was ordained priest by Mar Joseph Kundukulam on 21 December 1980.
Career
Thattil was first appointed as the Assistant Vicar of Aranattukara and later as Father Prefect of minor seminary. He was then sent to Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome for doing his Bachelor of Theology and Doctor of Canon Law. After coming back from Rome, he was appointed as the Director of Catechism. In 1998 he was appointed as the first Rector of the Mary Matha Major Seminary. On 15 January 2010 he was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur and Titular Bishop of Buruni.
