Thomas K. Oommen
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The Most Reverend Thomas K. Oommen |
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| Moderator of the Church of South India and Bishop of Madhya Kerala Diocese | |
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| Church | Church of South India |
| Diocese | Diocese of Madhya Kerala |
| In office | 2011–present (Madhya Kerala) 2017–present (Moderator) |
| Predecessor | Thomas Samuel |
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| Ordination | 1982 |
| Consecration | 5 March 2011 by Most Rev. Dr. S. Vasantha Kumar (principal consecrator) and Most Rev.Dr.G. Devakadasham (co-consecrator) |
| Rank | Bishop |
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| Born | 29 November 1953 Thalavady, Kerala, India |
Thomas Kanjirappally Oommen (born 29 November 1953) is an Indian Anglican bishop. He is the Bishop of the Madhya Kerala Diocese and the Moderator of Church of South India.
Thomas K. Oommen was born on November 29, 1953, to an agrarian family at Thalavady in Alappuzha district. He did his college education at NSS Hindu College, Changanassery. He had taken undergraduate degree in divinity from Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
He was ordained deacon in 1982 and was made presbyter the next year. Oommen was elected as Bishop of Madhya Kerala Diocese of Church of South India on February 2011. He was ordained as the 12th Bishop of the CSI Madhya Kerala diocese at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kottayam on 5 March 2011 by CSI Moderator Bishop Rev S Vasanthakumar. Oommen was elected as the Deputy Moderator of Church of South India at the Church of South India Synod held at Vijayawada on 11, January 2014 and as the Moderator and Primate of Church of South India at the Synod held at Kottayam on 15, January 2017.
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