His Excellency Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy |
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Archbishop of Thrissur, Archbishop Emeritus | |
Province | Kerala |
Diocese | Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur |
See | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Term ended | 22 January 2007 |
Predecessor | Joseph Kundukulam |
Successor | Andrews Thazhath |
Other posts | Jeevan TV, Marymatha Major Seminary, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur, Mahajubilee Training College |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 December 1956 |
Consecration | 1 May 1973 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Vilakumadam, Palai, British India (present-day Kerala, India) |
13 December 1930
Nationality | India |
Denomination | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Residence | St. Mary's Minor Seminary, Madona Nagar, Thrissur |
Alma mater | Mangalapuzha Seminary, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Pontifical Lateran University, Fordham University |
Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy is an East Syrian Catholic Arch Bishop Emeritus and the second Metropolitan Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur in India. He was born at Vilakumadam in the Eparchy of Palai on 13 December 1930. He did his education at Thiruvambady in Kozhikode.