Resignation and succession of bishop of the eparchy of Pathanamthitta of the Syro-Malankars

The Synod of Bishops of the Major Archiepiscopal Syro-Malankar Church has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the eparchy of Pathanamthitta of the Syro-Malankars presented by H.E. Msgr. Yoohanan Mar Chrysostom (Kalloor).

He is succeeded by H.E. Msgr. Samuel Mar Irenios (Kattukallil), currently coadjutor bishop of the same eparchy.

The bishop-elect was born in 1952 in Kadammanitta, Kerala, and was ordained a priest in 1978. He has served as pastor in various parishes.

He was elected auxiliary bishop of Trivandrum in January 2010 and received episcopal consecration in March of the same year. In April 2018 he was elected as coadjutor bishop of the eparchy of Pathanamthitta.