Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal is the current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut.

Early life

Varghese was born on 7 February 1953 at Malapallipuram, Kerala, India.

Education

He acquired his Master of Theology from Pontifical Seminary,

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, Kerala, India and also completed his Master of Arts specialising in History from University of Mysore. He acquired his doctorate in canon law from Pontifical Urban University, Rome. He was a professor of Fundamental Theology, Canon Law and Moral Theology.

Priesthood

He joined St. Joseph's Seminary, Mangalore in 1971 for the diocese of Calicut. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Maxwell Noronha on 2 April 1981 in Mother of God Cathedral, Calicut. He also served as the Dean of Studies.

Episcopate

*On 5 November 1998, he was appointed as the bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kannur Pope John Paul II created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kannur in the Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly in India by bifurcating the Diocese of Calicut on 9 December 1998. The new Diocese consists of the Latin Catholics of Malabar residing in ...

and was consecrated as the first Bishop of Kannur *On 7 February 1999 by Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. His episcopal motto is "According to Your Will". *On 15 May 2012 he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut.

References

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