Major Archiepiscopal Curia
Mount St.Thomas,P.B.No.3110
Kakkanad, Kochi- 682 030
Phone: 0484 235 2629
Fax :2422727
Email:
[email protected]
Major Archbishop Mar George Alencherry was born on April 19, 1945, in Thuruthy Village in Kottayam District in Kerala state. He was ordained a priest on Dec. 18, 1972. He was appointed the first Bishop of Thuckalay on Dec. 18, 1996 and episcopally ordained on Feb. 2, 1997. At the time of his episcopal appointment, he was the protosyncellus (vicar general)of the Archdiocese of Changanacherry. The Syro-Malabar Church elected him on May 26, 2011 as new head. Pope Benedict XVI granted the confirmation of the election the same day. Major Archbishop Alencherry is the secretary of the Syro-Malabar Synod and he is also the chairman of Synodal Commission for Catechesis.
