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Bishop
Mar Jose Porunnedom was born at Vettimattam
in the district of idukki on March
13,1956. He had his seminary studies
at St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary Tellicherry,
St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary, Aluva
and at the Pontifical Urbanian
University,
Rome. He was ordained priest on December
22, 1982 in his home parish at Malom,
in the Archdiocese of Tellicherry. After
ordination he served as assistant parish
priest at Kottiyoor, as Vicar at Santhigiri,
Secretary to Bishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy,
and Chancellor of the diocese. Meanwhile
serving as Secretary and Chancellor he
served the parishes of Puthusserikadav
and Thrissillery. In 1986 he was sent
to Rome where he obtained a Doctorate
in Canon Law from the Oriental Institute.
After his return from Rome in 1991, he
took charge of the offices of the Chancellor
of the diocese and of the Eparchial Judge.
In 1992 when the Syro- Malabar Church
was raised to the status of a Major Archiepiscopal
Church, Archbishop Abraham Katturmana,
the special delegate of the Pope, appointed
him as the Chancellor of the Major Archiepisocpal
Curia of the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal
Curia. Major Archbishops Antony Cardinal
Padiyara and Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil
extended his office of the Chancellor
till he was appointed the third bishop
of the eparchy of Mananthavady on March
18, 2004. He was consecrated the Bishop
and took charge of the eparchy of Mananthavady
on May 15,2004. His motto is “ Not to be served but to serve” (Mt.
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