Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
George George Panamthundil | |
Appointed: | 16 June 2023 |
Predecessor: | Francis Chullikatt |
Ordination: | 18 February 1998 |
Consecration: | 9 September 2023 |
Consecrated By: | Pietro Parolin, Baselios Cleemis and Rubén Salazar Gómez |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1972 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Motto: | In Unitate Trinitatis |
George George Panamthundil | |
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George George Panamthundil (born 20 May 1972) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
George Panamthundil was born on 20 May 1972 in Trivandrum, India. He was ordained a priest for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum on 18 February 1998. He graduated in oriental canon law and knows French, English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
He entered the Holy See Diplomatic Service on 1 July 2005, and has served in the apostolic nunciatures in Costa Rica, Guinea, Iraq, Austria, Israel and in the apostolic delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine, in the Pontifical Representation in Cyprus.
On 16 June 2023, Pope Francis appointed him Titular Archbishop of Floriana and Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan.[1] [2] On 15 July 2023, he was also named apostolic nuncio to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well.[3] He was consecrated as archbishop on 9 September 2023.[4]