Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil

{{Short description|Bishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur}}{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific_prefix = Mar

| name = Gheevarghese Divannasios

| title = Bishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur

| church = Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

| diocese = Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur

| appointed = 25 January 2010

| term_end = 24 January 2017

| successor = Geevarghese Mar Makarios

| other_post = Bishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery (1997-2010)

| ordination = 20 April 1978

| consecration = 5 February 1997

| consecrated_by = Cyril Baselios

| birth_date = 1 November 1950

| birth_place = Kunnamthanam, Kerala, India

| death_date = {{death date and age |2018|1|16 |1950|11|1 |df=yes}}

| death_place = Thiruvalla, Kerala, India

| buried = St. John's Cathedral, Tiruvalla

}}

Geevarghese Mar Divannasios Ottathengil (1 November 1950 – 16 January 2018) was the bishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur from 2010 until 2017.[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/puth0.htm# Diocese of Puthur][http://www.ucanindia.in/news/resignation-of-bishop-of-puttur/33923/daily Resignation of the Bishop of Puthur]

Early life and ministry

Geevarghese Mar Divannasios was born Varghese Ottathengil on 1 November 1950 into a Syrian Christian family in Thalavady near Thiruvalla. He was ordained a priest by Benedict Mar Gregorios in 1978. He served as Rector of the Major Seminary of the Malankara Catholic Church and was appointed Bishop of the Eparchy of Bathery by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Ottathengil's sacerdotal Silver Jubilee was celebrated in 2003. He served as Administrator of the Malankara Catholic Church after the death of Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholicos{{Cite web |title=First bishop of Puttur diocese Dr Geevarghese Mar Divannasios no more |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=491120 |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}} and was later appointed as the first Bishop of the newly erected Eparchy of Puthoor in 2010.{{Cite web |date=16 January 2018 |title=Most Rev. Geevarghese Mar Divannasios, Bishop Emeritus of Puthoor Passed Away |url=https://ccbi.in/most-rev-geevarghese-mar-divannasios-bishop-emeritus-of-puthoor-passed-away/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=CCBI |language=en-US}}

Resignation and death

Mar Divannasios resigned from his position as Eparch of Puthoor due to health issues at the age of 66 in 2017,{{Cite web |title=Puttur Syro-Malankara bishop resigns on health grounds |url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Puttur-Syro-Malankara-bishop-resigns-on-health-grounds.html |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=www.mangaloretoday.com}} having been a priest for 39 years and a bishop for 20 years. He died on 16 January 2018 in Thiruvalla, Kerala.{{Cite web |title=Dr Geevarghese Mar Divannasios- First bishop of Puttur diocese, passes away |url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Dr-Geevarghese-Mar-Divannasios-First-bishop-of-Puttur-diocese-passes-away.html |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=www.mangaloretoday.com}}

References

External links

[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/botta.html Catholic-hierarchy.org] Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130730175536/http://www.bathery.org/about-the-diocese/former-bishops.html Bathery.org]

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Category:1950 births

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Category:Syro-Malankara bishops

Category:People from Karnataka

Category:Converts to Eastern Catholicism from Oriental Orthodoxy