See Church of South India Name Thomas Oommen In office 2011–present Consecration March 5, 2011 | Predecessor Thomas Samuel Ordination 1982 Successor Incumbent | |
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Diocese Diocese of Madhya Kerala of the Church of South India | ||
Rev thomas k oommen
The Most Reverend Thomas Kanjirappally Oommen (born 29 November 1953) is an Indian Anglican bishop. He is the Bishop of the Madhya Kerala Diocese and the Moderator of Church of South India.
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Early years
Thomas K. Oommen was born on November 29, 1953, to an agrarian family at Thalavady in Alappuzha district. He did his college education at NSS Hindu College, Changanassery. He had taken undergraduate degree in divinity from Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
Ecclesiastical career
He was ordained deacon in 1982 and was made presbyter the next year. Oommen was elected as Bishop of Madhya Kerala Diocese of Church of South India on February 2011. He was ordained as the 12th Bishop of the CSI Madhya Kerala diocese at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kottayam on 5 March 2011 by CSI Moderator Bishop Rev S Vasanthakumar. Oommen was elected as the Deputy Moderator of Church of South India at the Church of South India Synod held at Vijayawada on 11, January 2014 and as the Moderator of Church of South India at the Synod held at Kottayam on 15, January 2017.
