His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan Jubilee Home Maramon P.O., Kozhencherry Pathanamthitta Dist. – 689 549 Kerala, India. Fax: +91 468 2211212 Ph: +91 468 2211210 Email: valiyametropolitan@gmail.com Date of Birth: April 27, 1918 Ordained as Deacon: January 1, 1944 Ordained as Kasseessa: June 3, 1944 Ordained as Ramban: May 20, 1953 Consecrated as Episcopa: May 23, 1953 Designated as Suffragan Metropolitan: May, 1978 Designated as Officiating Metropolitan: March 15, 1999 Installed as Metropolitan: October 23, 1999 Designated as Valia Metropolitan: October 2, 2007 Having inherited the missionary zeal from his father, Vicar General Very Rev K E  Oommen, he graduated from U C College Alwaye and took up the work in the Ashram at Ankola along with Rev. P J Thomas. He received theological education at UTC Bangalore and St. Augustines College, Canterbury. He became an ordained  minister of the Church in 1944 and was consecrated as Bishop with Alexander Mar  Theophilus and Thomas Mar Athanasius in 1953. He was in charge of different Dioceses in Kerala and also was Missionary Bishop for many years. He was President of the National Christian Council of India and has attended the Assembly of World Council of Churches at Evanston in 1954, and at Upsala in 1968. He has been President of the different Organizations of the Church and the Governing Councils of different Colleges. He has attended the second Vatican Council and has thus made very valuable contributions to the ecumenical cause. He has deep concern for the upliftment of the backward communities. Through a registered organization named STARD (South Travancore Agency for Rural Development) he has helped economically backward communities of South Travancore to improve their lot and help them achieve self-reliance. The administrative acumen of His Grace is far beyond what words can express. He is a spiritual leader, dynamic enabler, prolific orator, voracious … Continue reading Our Bishops