Varghese Thottamkara

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Varghese Thottamkara C.M.
Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte
Installed10 Nov 2013
PredecessorBishop Theo Van Ruijvven C.M.
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination10 May 1986
Consecration13 August 2013
by  Luca Brandolini
Personal details
Born (1959-06-02) 2 June 1959 (age 65)
Nationality Indian
Denomination Syro-Malabar
Alma mater Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. is the serving Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia. [1] [2]

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Early life

He was born on 2 June 1959 in Thottuva, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. [3]

Education

In 1998 he acquired Licentiate of Sacred Theology in Moral theology from Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. [4]

Priesthood

On 10 May 1986 he became a member of the Congregation of the Mission. He was Ordained a Priest in the Congregation of the Mission by Antony Padiyara on 6 January 1987. He served as Parish Priest for Muniguda and Allada in Roman Catholic Diocese of Berhampur, Orissa, India from 1988 to 1990. From year 1990 to 1993 he served minor seminary of Ambo, Ethiopia as a vice rector. From 1993 to 1995 he held the office of the rector and professor at Vincentian major seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [5]

Episcopate

He was Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia, and Titular Bishop of Chullu on 28 June 2013. He was Ordained a Bishop by Luca Brandolini on 13 August 2013. He Succeeded Bishop Theo Van Ruijvven C.M. as Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia on 10 November 2013. [6]

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References

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  5. "Assistant General appointed a Coadjutor of Apostolic Vicar in Ethiopia". New England Province. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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