Syro-Malabar priest, a future cardinal, ordained a bishop
November 26, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal-designate George Jacob Koovakad, the Syro-Malabar priest who coordinates papal travels, returned to his native India to be consecrated a bishop on November 24, two weeks before he will become a cardinal.
Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (CNEWA profile), was the principal consecrator. Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, who as Sostituto coordinates the internal affairs of the Roman Curia, was one of the two co-consecrators.
In naming 21 new cardinals, Pope Francis passed over the Major Archbishops of the two largest Eastern Catholic churches (the Syro-Malabar and Ukrainian Greek Catholic churches), instead appointing Msgr. Koovakad and a 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop in Australia. Major Archbishop Thattil’s three predecessors were all cardinals, as were Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk’s three predecessors.
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