Bishop Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1950		Born
1962²	11.1	Converted
20 Apr 1978	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
28 Oct 1978	27.9	Incardinated	Priest of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India
11 Nov 1996	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India
5 Feb 1997	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India
25 Jan 2010	59.2	Appointed	Bishop of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India
24 Jan 2017	66.2	Resigned	Bishop of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India
16 Jan 2018	67.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil
Bishop Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil
(born 1 Nov 1950, died 16 Jan 2018)
Bishop Emeritus of Puthur

Ad Limina - March 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kunnanthanam, Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Sultan's Bathery, Eparchy of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara)
Death Place Tiruvalla, Archeparchy of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara)
Buried Place (Original) Saint John, Cathedral, Tiruvalla, Archeparchy of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara)

a priest for 39.7 years
a bishop for 20.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. †
Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †
Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel †
Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara)
Bishop Lawrence Ephraem Thottam †
Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. † (1978)
Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. † (1953)
Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
Archbishop Ivanios Givergis Thomas Panikervitis (Panickerveetil) †
Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal (1997)
Bishop Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor (1998)
Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil (1998)
Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Cardinal Thottunkal (2001)
Bishop Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. † (2007)
Bishop Abraham Youlios Kackanatt (2008)
Bishop Geevarghese Makarios Kalayil (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kunnanthanam, Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Sultan's Bathery, Eparchy of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara)
Death Place	Tiruvalla, Archeparchy of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara)
Buried Place (Original)	Saint John, Cathedral, Tiruvalla, Archeparchy of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1497766

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 25 Jan 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Number 12,922
r: Bollettino, 24 Jan 2017
d: CB, 16 Jan 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
loc/c1/inca: CB, 23 Apr 2025

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