Bishop-Designate Msgr. Dr. Thomas Naickamparambil

Rev. Fr. Thomas was born on 6 June 1961 at Mylapra in Pathanamthitta District of the Eparchy of Pathanamthitta. Mr. N.T. Varughese and Mrs. Sosamma Varughese of Naickamparambil family are his parents. His home parish is Sacred Heart Malankara Catholic Church, Mylapra. After completing schooling from Govt U.P. School Moozhiyar and Sacred Heart High School, Mylapra, he joined St. Aloysious Minor Seminary, Pattom, Trivandrum. On passing Pre-Degree from Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum, he was send to the Papal Seminary, Pune where he completed priestly formation. On 29 December 1986 he was ordained a priest by Benedict Mar Gregorios of happy memory. He secured a Masters Degree in Philosophy from Jnana Deepa Vidhya Peeth, Pune and took Doctorate in Philosophy from the Gregorian University, Rome.

While being the parish priest of parishes of Kudassanadu, Poozhikkadu, Pandalam, Kurambala, Puthencavuvila, Thoongampara, Punnavoor, Kattuvila, Bartton Hill, Chentipur and Kallayam, he has been serving as a professor of Philosophy in St. Mary’s Malankara Seminary, Trivandrum since 1988. He also served as the Dean of Philosophy in the same Seminary. The Bishop-designate is also a visiting professor of St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary Kottayam, Vincentians Seminary Bangalore, Carmel Hill Seminary Trivandrum and Benedictines Seminary, Kappadu. Now while serving as the Secretary of the Synodal Commission for the Clergy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Priests’ Personnel of the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum, Member of Major Archieparchial Council, Bursar of the Sarvodaya Schools Trivandrum and Vicar of Vimala Hrudaya Malankara Catholic Church Kavadithala, Fr. Thomas is raised to the episcopate.

Mr. Rajan Varughese is his brother and Susamma Philip, Laly Thomas and Meena Shaji are his sisters. He has visited many foreign countries and is a scholar in many languages. He has attended many international conferences on Philosophy and Theology and is a known thinker and teacher. The Bishop-designate has written many scholarly articles.