Thomas Eusebius

Aboon Thomas Mar Eusebius (Malayalam: അബൂന്‍ തോമസ്‌ മാര്‍ യൂസീബിയസ്) (born Thomas Naickamparampil June 6, 1961) is serving as the first bishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy in the United States. He was serving as the first exarch of the Malankara Syrian Catholic Exarchate since his enthronement on October 3, 2010.[1] On August 5, 2017, Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Malankara Catholic Church,[2] announced that Eusebius would be the first Bishop of the new Malankara Diocese of Parassala, India.[2]

His Grace, The Most Reverend

Aboon Thomas Mar Eusebius
Eparch of Parassala
ChurchSyro-Malankara Catholic Church
DioceseSyro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada
AppointedAugust 5, 2017
InstalledSeptember 23, 2017
PredecessorFirst Eparch
Orders
OrdinationDecember 29, 1986 (Kasheeso)
by Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C.
ConsecrationSeptember 21, 2010 (Episcopo)
by Baselios Cleemis, Joseph Thomas Konnath, and Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil
Personal details
Born(1961-06-06)June 6, 1961
Mylapra, Kerala
Previous postProfessor of philosophy at St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary
Apostolic Exarch of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada
Titular Bishop of Lares
Eparch of St. Mary, Queen of Peace
Styles of
Aboon Thomas Mar Eusebius
Reference style
Spoken styleHis Grace
Religious styleEparch

Biography

Early life and education

Thomas Naickamparampil was born in Mylapra in the state of Kerala. His home parish is Sacred Heart Malankara Catholic Church, Mylapra.

He obtained a master's degree in Philosophy from Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune and Doctorate in Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. The Gregorian University published his doctoral thesis. He speaks Malayalam, English, German, Italian and Hindi and knows Syriac, Greek and French.

Ordination and ministry

Eusebius was ordained priest for Syro-Malankara Catholic Church on December 29, 1986. After his ordination he held the following positions: assistant pastor and pastor in several communities, then dean and professor of philosophy at St. Mary's Malankara Major Seminary.

He served as Secretary-General of the Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara, Public Relations Officer, Coordinator for Interreligious Dialogue and Secretary of the council of priests. He was also the director of Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, a school in Trivandrum.

Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarch

Eusebius was appointed as the first exarch of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate in the United States on July 14, 2010 and at the same time Titular Bishop of Lares.[3] He is concurrently the priest apostolic visitator for Syro-Malankara Catholics in Canada and Europe.[4] As such he is the papal representative who is charged with familiarising himself with the situation of a given community and reporting on its status to the Vatican. Eusebius received the tonsuring to remban (rabban in syriac) on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at Sacred Heart Malankara Catholic Church, Mylapra.

He was ordained bishop on September 21, 2010 at St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Catholic Cathedral, Trivandrum and his installation ceremony was on October 3, 2010 at Kellenberg Memorial High School, Uniondale, New York, United States.

Apostolic Exarchate

An apostolic exarchate in the Eastern Catholic Church is the equivalent of an apostolic vicariate in the Latin church - is created for the pastoral care of Catholics in an area outside the territory of the Eastern Catholic Church to which they belong.

In North America, there are 16 Syro-Malankara parishes and 15 churches serving about 10,000 Syro-Malankara Faithful. There are 30 priests and 34 women religious who minister to them. Syro-Malankara Catholics first began to migrate to the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, but did not have their own Congregations until 1984, settling first in the New York and Philadelphia Metropolitan Areas.[4]

Published works
  • THROUGH SELF-DISCOVERY TO SELF-TRANSCENDENCE. A Study of Cognitional Self-Appropriation in Bernard Lonergan (ISBN 8876527508 / 9788876527500)

See also

References
  1. http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=70336
  2. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/new-diocese-for-syro-malankara-church/article19437246.ece
  3. "RINUNCE E NOMINE". Press Office of the Holy See. July 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011.
  4. "India-based Catholic rite gets official US HQ". National Catholic Reporter. July 15, 2010.

Episcopal succession
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
First Eparch		 Eparch of Parassala
2017-Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
First Eparch		 Eparch of St. Mary, Queen of Peace
2016-2017		 Succeeded by
Philippos Stephanos Thottathil
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