About the Bishop

Name : Philipos Mar Stephanos
Surname : THOTTATHIL
Date of Birth : 9 May 1952,
Place of Birth : Ranni, Pathanamthitta-Dist,Kerala, India

Family Name : Thottathil(Paramel Vishalakudumbam)
Parents : Philip - Mariamma(Late)
Former Name : Fr. Dr. Stephen Thottathil
Brothers : Mathai, Koshy
Sisters : Annamma, Saramma, Mariamma
Home Parish : St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church ,Karimpanamkuzhy, Ranni
Home Diocese : Archdiocese of Tiruvalla
Schooling : C.S.I. L.P. School, Ranni
St. Thomas High School, Ranni
United to the Catholic Church : 1968 (By Most Rev. Zacharias Mar Athanasios)

Minor Seminary : Infant Mary’s Seminary, Tiruvalla.
Pre Degree : St. Berchmans’ College, Changanacherry.
Major Seminary : Papal Seminary, Pune. (Philosophy & Theology)
Deacon : 1978 By Bishop Valerian D’ Souza,Pune.
Seminary Period : From 1968 to 1979
Priestly Ordination : On 27th April 1979 at St Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church, Karimpanamkuzhy, Ranni, by Most Rev. Isaac Mar Yoohanon
Graduation +Post Graduation : Jnanadeepa Vidhapeedu, (Pontifical Athanaeum) Pune [From 1979-1981]
Doctorate in Moral Theology: Moral Theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana of the Lateran University, Rome [From 1986 to 1990]

Languages Learned : Malayalam (Mother Tongue), English, Hindi, Italian, German, French, Latin, Greek, Syriac.

Offices Held
Parish Priest : Vandamedu, Chettukuzhy, Mulakaramedu, Kattappana, Pazharikandom, Panayampala, Mundukuzhy in the Archdiocese of Tiruvalla
Vice Rector : Minor Seminary [From 1990 to 1991]
Diocesan Director : MCYM [From 1990 to 1991]
Priest-in-charge : Delhi Missions [From 1991 to 1995]
Director : Pushpagiri Hospital [From1995-2000]
National Chaplain : St. Vincent De Paul Society of India [From 1995 to 2000]
Rector : St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary, Trivandrum [From 2000 to 2003]
Administrator : Diocese of Tiruvalla [From March 2003 to Sept. 2003]
Vicar General : Diocese of Tiruvalla [From 2003 to 2005]
Dean of Theology : St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary, Trivandrum [From 2006-2010]

Appointed Auxiliary Bishop : By His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI On 25th January 2010 nominated as the Auxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla, at St. Mary’ Cathedral, Trivandrum by His Beatitude Moran Mar Baselios Cleemis (Major Archbishop - Catholicos)
Ordained Remban : On 9th February - 2010 at St. John’s Cathedral Tiruvalla by His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Thomas Mar Koorilos.
Consecrated Auxiliary Bishop : On 13th March 2010 at Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar, Nalanchira, Trivandrum by His Beatitude Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis (Major Arch Bishop – Cardinal - Catholicos)

Patron Saint : St. Stephen (Deacon & First Martyr)
Patron’s Feast : 08th January.
Appointed Bishop in charge of Idukki Region: On 06th November 2010

Consultant :
In the Malankara Catholic Church- Chairman of the Commission for Faith Formation (Catechism) & MCCL
In KCBC, Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Health Services, 2010 December
In KCBC, Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Dalit Christians, 2010 December
In KCBC, Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Youth, 2015

International Consultant: Communio in Christo, Mechernick, Germany

Founder President : Delhi Malankara Catholic Church Society Regd.( 1992)
: Hariyana Malankara Catholic Church Society Regd.(1993)
: Uttar Pradesh Malankara Catholic Church Society Regd.(1994)
: Idukki Malankarajyothi Intergral Development Society Regd.(2011)
: Malankara Sahyajyothi Trust Regd. (2013)

Appointed the second Bishop of the Eparchy of St. Mary, Queen of Peace of the Syro-Malankara Faithful in USA and Canada: 5 August, 2017
Installation as the second Bishop of the Eparchy of St. Mary, Queen of Peace: 28 October, 2017