Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor (born 19 May 1944) was the second

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of the

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of Marthandom (1998–2010) and first bishop of the Eparchy of

Pathanamthitta Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37 ...

(2010–2019) of the

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. He retired from Pathanamthitta on 7 June 2019 and was succeeded by Samuel Irenios Kattukallil. He is currently Bishop Emeritus.

Family and education

Kalloor was the third son of Abraham and Achiyamma of the Kalloor family of

Kadammanitta Kadammanitta is a village in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India which is famous for Padayani. See also * Padayani * Vazhamuttom * Thazhoor Bhagavathy Kshetram Thazhoor Bhagavathy Kshetram, ( ml, താഴൂര് ഭഗവതി ക� ...

, in

Pathanamthitta District Pathanamthitta District (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. The district headquarters is in the town of Pathanamthitta. There are four municipalities in Pathanamthitta: Adoor, Pandalam, Pathanamthitta and Thiruval ...

. He received secondary education at Government High School, Kadammanitta, did minor seminary at St. Aloysius Seminary,

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, and philosophy and theology at St. Paul's Seminary,

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Ministry

Kalloor was ordained a priest by

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on 5 May 1973. He began pastoral ministry as assistant vicar in the parishes around

Balaramapuram Balaramapuram is one of the panchayats that form the city of Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala, India. It is the most urbanized panchayat in the Thiruvananthapuram district. Balaramapuram is the centre for the production of traditional varietie ...

. Later he became parochial vicar of Venniyoor, Mulloor, Chowara and Vizhinjam, and later still director of St. Johns Leprosy and HIV Care Services at

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. When the Malankara Catholic Mission in North America was inaugurated, Kalloor was appointed co-ordinator and spent time ministering in the

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. Based at Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian parish in Washington, DC, he was a chaplain for

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and coordinated ministry for Syro-Malankara rite Catholics in the United States. In 1997 he was made

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Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

appointed Kalloor second bishop of the Eparchy of Marthandom on 16 April 1998. He was ordained a bishop with the name Yoohanon Mar Chrysostom by Archbishop Cyril Mar Baselios at Mar Ivanios Stadium, Trivandrum, on 29 June 1998. He was installed as the bishop of Marthandom on 1 July 1998 at Marthandom Cathedral. Yoohanon Mar Chrysostom was appointed first bishop of the newly erected Eparchy of Pathanamthitta on 25 January 2010 and enthroned on 20 March 2010. He served until retiring on 7 June 2019.

References

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