THE EASTERN CHURCHES CONFIRMATION OF THE ELECTION OF ARCHBISHOP Major of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-MALABAR (INDIA)

The Holy Father has granted the confirmation may be required in accordance with canon 153 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches by Bishop George Alencherry, Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Thuckalay, May 24, 2011 which was canonically elected Major Archbishop of Ernakulam - Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church, which met at Mount Saint Thomas , Kakkanad, Kochi (Kerala, India).

Archbishop George Alencherry

Archbishop George Alencherry was born April 19, 1945 at Thuruthy, nell'Arcieparchia of Changanacherry.

He was ordained a priest November 19, 1972. E 'was secretary of the Archbishop of Changanacherry, assistant pastor of the Cathedral, Director of the " Sunday Schools "dell'Arcieparchia.

He studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Seminary St. Joseph Alwaye and earned a doctorate at the ' Institut Catholique de Paris , where he specialized in Catechesis.

On his return from Paris, he was appointed director of the Center for Catechetical dell'Arcieparchia Changanacherry. She also directed the " Pastoral Orientation Centre, Cochin , inter-ritual, which depends of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Conference (KCBC).

E 'teaching " Pastoral Counseling "and Systematic Theology at the Faculty of" Paurastya Vidyapitham, Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies "in Vadavathoor, Kottayam, and at the Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Alwaye. E 'was Vicar General of Changanacherry dell'arcieparchia 11 November 1996 he was appointed first Bishop of Thuckalay and was ordained Feb. 2, 1997.

On May 24, 2011 he was elected Major Archbishop. The Holy Father Benedict XVI has confirmed the election Synodal Apostolic May 25, 2011.

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