Bishop's House,
P.O. Box 32, Saugor Cantt.
470001, M.P. India
Phone: (07582)222.633
Fax :222.175
Email:
[email protected]
Bishop Athikalam, MST, was born on July 5, 1958, at Changanacherry in Kerala state. He was ordained priest on March, 22, 1984, for the Missionary Society of St. Thomas the Apostle (MST). He holds a master’s degree from Mysore University. He has obtained a licentiate in biblical theology. As a priest, he worked at Barnagar in the diocese of Ujjain, and later was appointed professor and procurator of the diocesan Minor Seminary of Ujjain and professor at the MST Minor Seminary. In 1991, he was appointed director of the Missionary Orientation Course at Jeevan Jyothi, Mandya, professor of Patrology in Ruhalaya Major Seminary, Ujjain, of which he was later appointed rector. He became director general of the Missionary Society of St. Thomas the Apostle and was serving in that office till last year. At present he is the director of Nirmal Jyoti Mental Health Programme, Bhopal.