New priest in Qatar

Reverend Fr. Varghese Kuthineth (Vijay Varghese), from the Eparchy of Pathanamthitta, has taken charge as the new Parish Priest of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in Doha-Qatar. Born on 6th May 1973 at Konnithazham, Fr. Varghese Kuthineth had his philosophical and theological training in St. Mary’s Malankara Seminary, Trivndrum. He was ordained on 10th February 1999. He has a postgraduate degree in Islamic studies. He has served in Karavoor, Pandalam, Ranni-Perunad, Kadammanitta, Athirunkal and Marygiri-Mylapra parishes in the Eparchy of Pathanamthitta. While serving as the Rector of St. Thomas Minor Seminary of the Eparchy, he was appointed to the Syro-Malankara Catholic Parish in Qatar. Reverend Fr. Varghese Kuthineth is chaplain also of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Faithful in Bahrain.