Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Vincent Paulos | |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Metropolitan of Marthandom | |
Church: | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Trivandrum |
Diocese: | Marthandam |
See: | Marthandam, Tamil Nadu |
Elected: | 25 January 2010 |
Appointed: | 13 March 2010 |
Term Start: | 13 March 2010 |
Predecessor: | Yoohanon Mar Chrysostom |
Ordination: | 2 January 1991 |
Ordained By: | Benedict Mar Gregorios |
Consecration: | 13 March 2010 |
Consecrated By: | Baselios Cleemis |
Birth Name: | Vincent Paulos |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1964 |
Birth Place: | Kumarankudy, Thiruvattar, Tamil Nadu |
Parents: | Kochupillai and Maria Thangam |
Vincent Mar Paulos (born 20 February 1964)[1] is the Metropolitan Bishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Marthandom.
He was born in Kumarankudy Village near Thiruvattar in the District of Kanyakumari in the state of Tamil Nadu. He belongs to the Eparchy of Marthandom. His parents are Kochupillai and Maria Thangam.[2]
He was educated at St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum.[3]
He was ordained priest at his home parish Annakarai on 2 January 1991[4] by Benedict Mar Gregorios.