SYRO - MALANKARA CATHOLIC CHURCH
DIOCESE OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, GURGAON
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SYRO - MALANKARA CATHOLIC CHURCH
DIOCESE OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, GURGAON
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ABOON JACOB MAR BARNABAS | Related links | |||||||||||
HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REV. BISHOP JACOB MAR BARNABAS Bishop
Jacob Mar Barnabas was born on 3 December, 1960 to Shri Geevarghese
and Smt. Rachel of Aerath family at Karikulam, Ranni, Pathanamthitta
in central Kerala. Lovingly called Monachan was Baptized with the name Chacko. He was the eldest among the eight with three brothers and five
sisters. Three of his sisters are nuns in the Congregation
of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ. He
joined the Order of the Imitation of Christ in 1975 after his schooling at
Ranni and completed his Pre-Degree Course from Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum;
Took his First Profession in 1979 after his novitiate at Thapovanam Bethany
Ashram, Aluva; Did his Pre-philosophy at Papal Seminary, Pune and completed his
Philosophy and Theology at Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), Pune. His Final
Profession was on 15 May, 1985. He was one among the first batch of theologians
at Bethany Vedavijnana Peeth (BVP), Pune. He
was ordained Priest on 2 October, 1986 by His Grace Archbishop Benedict
Mar Gregorios at Mount Bethany, Mylapra. The new priest was given the
charge of religious formation for pre-novices; later he was sent to Academia
Alfonsiana, Rome for pursuing higher studies in Moral Theology. He presented
his doctoral thesis on Liturgy and Ethos, a study based on the Malankara
Liturgy of Marriage, in 1994. During
his priestly ministry, Fr. Chacko Aerath OIC held various positions of great
responsibility, viz. Superior, Bethany Ashram, Pune; Rector, BVP, Pune;
Professor and Head of the Department of Pastoral and Moral Theology at JDV,
Pune; Visiting Professor to various seminaries including Malankara Major
Seminary. He was elected as the first Provincial Superior of Bethany
Navajyothi Province in 2000. On 7
February, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the Apostolic Visitator with
an Episcopal Character for the Malankara Community in the Extra Territorial
Regions in India and the Titular Bishop of Bapara. The
Bishop designate Msgr. Aerath OIC was ordained Ramban on 7
March, 2007 at St. Mary's School, Ranni, Pathanamthitta and was
consecrated as Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas by His Beatitude Major Archbishop
Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Catholicos on 10 March, 2007 at St. Mary's
Cathedral, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram. The motto of His Excellency Mar Barnabas
is Vachanasya Sakshi Bhava (Be a witness to the word). He was
enthroned in his new office at New Delhi on 22 March, 2007. Later,
His Holiness Pope Francis erected a new diocese which comprises of 22 states,
and His Excellency Most Rev. Dr. Jacob Mar Barnabas was consecrated as the
first bishop of the diocese of Gurgaon. The inauguration of the diocese was
held on May 1st 2015 at St. Mary's Cathedral Church. HIS EXCELENCY MOST REV.DR.JACOB MAR BARNABAS Born : 03-12-1960 Ordained Priest : 02-10-1986 Announcement of Apostolic Visitator to ETRI : 07-02-2007 Remban Ordination : 07-03-2007 Episcopal Ordination : 10-03-2007 Announcement as the Bishop of Gurgaon : 26-03-2015 Slept in the Lord : 26-08-2021 Entombed : 28-08-2021 |
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ABOON JACOB MAR BARNABAS |
HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REV. BISHOP JACOB MAR BARNABAS Bishop
Jacob Mar Barnabas was born on 3 December, 1960 to Shri Geevarghese
and Smt. Rachel of Aerath family at Karikulam, Ranni, Pathanamthitta
in central Kerala. Lovingly called Monachan was Baptized with the name Chacko. He was the eldest among the eight with three brothers and five
sisters. Three of his sisters are nuns in the Congregation
of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ. He
joined the Order of the Imitation of Christ in 1975 after his schooling at
Ranni and completed his Pre-Degree Course from Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum;
Took his First Profession in 1979 after his novitiate at Thapovanam Bethany
Ashram, Aluva; Did his Pre-philosophy at Papal Seminary, Pune and completed his
Philosophy and Theology at Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), Pune. His Final
Profession was on 15 May, 1985. He was one among the first batch of theologians
at Bethany Vedavijnana Peeth (BVP), Pune. He
was ordained Priest on 2 October, 1986 by His Grace Archbishop Benedict
Mar Gregorios at Mount Bethany, Mylapra. The new priest was given the
charge of religious formation for pre-novices; later he was sent to Academia
Alfonsiana, Rome for pursuing higher studies in Moral Theology. He presented
his doctoral thesis on Liturgy and Ethos, a study based on the Malankara
Liturgy of Marriage, in 1994. During
his priestly ministry, Fr. Chacko Aerath OIC held various positions of great
responsibility, viz. Superior, Bethany Ashram, Pune; Rector, BVP, Pune;
Professor and Head of the Department of Pastoral and Moral Theology at JDV,
Pune; Visiting Professor to various seminaries including Malankara Major
Seminary. He was elected as the first Provincial Superior of Bethany
Navajyothi Province in 2000. On 7
February, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the Apostolic Visitator with
an Episcopal Character for the Malankara Community in the Extra Territorial
Regions in India and the Titular Bishop of Bapara. The
Bishop designate Msgr. Aerath OIC was ordained Ramban on 7
March, 2007 at St. Mary's School, Ranni, Pathanamthitta and was
consecrated as Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas by His Beatitude Major Archbishop
Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Catholicos on 10 March, 2007 at St. Mary's
Cathedral, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram. The motto of His Excellency Mar Barnabas
is Vachanasya Sakshi Bhava (Be a witness to the word). He was
enthroned in his new office at New Delhi on 22 March, 2007. Later,
His Holiness Pope Francis erected a new diocese which comprises of 22 states,
and His Excellency Most Rev. Dr. Jacob Mar Barnabas was consecrated as the
first bishop of the diocese of Gurgaon. The inauguration of the diocese was
held on May 1st 2015 at St. Mary's Cathedral Church. HIS EXCELENCY MOST REV.DR.JACOB MAR BARNABAS Born : 03-12-1960 Ordained Priest : 02-10-1986 Announcement of Apostolic Visitator to ETRI : 07-02-2007 Remban Ordination : 07-03-2007 Episcopal Ordination : 10-03-2007 Announcement as the Bishop of Gurgaon : 26-03-2015 Slept in the Lord : 26-08-2021 Entombed : 28-08-2021 |
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