Bishop Raphy Manjaly is the newly appointed Archbishop of the

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. He was installed as Archbishop of Agra on 7 January 2021.

Early life and education

He was born on 7 February 1958 in

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to Mrs. Kathreena & Mr. M.V. Chacko. He received his primary education at St. Francis Xavier School,

Vendore Vendore is a village in the Thrissur district of Kerala, India. Vendore is situated in between Amballur, Thrissur, Amballur and Mannampetta. Vendore comes under AlagappaNagar GramaPanchayat and the nearest town is Amballur, about 2 km awa ...

and completed his high school from Tyagarajar High School, Alagappanagar, Trichur,

. He joined St. Lawrence Minor Seminary,

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

, in 1973 and completed it in year 1975. He joined St. Joseph's Regional Seminary,

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

, in 1975 and completed his

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and

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education in year 1983. He completed his graduation and post graduation from

Agra University Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, formerly Agra University, is an Autonomous University located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university is named after B. R. Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ambedkar, Indian scholar, social reformer, and the architect of t ...

. He completed his

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from Angelicum University,

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Priesthood

He was ordained a priest on 11 May 1983 at

St Mary's Church, Vendore St Mary's Church ( mal, സെന്റ് മേരീസ്‌ പള്ളി) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic church in Vendore, Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It is famous in the patronage of Our lady Mother Ma ...

Episcopate

He was appointed bishop of Varanasi on 24 February 2007 and consecrated on 30 April 2007. He was Appointed bishop of Allahabad on 17 October 2013 and installed on 3 December 2013. He was appointed Archbishop of Agra on 12 November 2020 & installed on 7th January 2021.

References

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