Abraham Epiphanios is the metropolitan of the Mavelikara Diocese of

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. He was previously the metropolitan of Sulthan Bathery diocese and the assistant metropolitan of Bangalore Diocese. He was born on 17 September 1960 in Kozhenchery. He is a member of St. Mary's Cathedral,

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. Ephiphanios had his education in Pathanamthitta Catholicate College, the

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and took M.Th. degree from

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. He was ordained as deacon in 1986 and priest in 1987 respectively; on 31 March 2002, he became Ramban. He was in the

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s in

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and

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from 1990 to 1996. He also served as

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of St. Thomas Cathedral from 1996 to 2002. Thereafter, he served as the Manager of Bishop's House, Madras in 2003. From 2004 to 2006, he was the Manager at

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and from 2007 he served as the Manager of Devalokam Catholicate Aramana.

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