Bethany Father Mathai Kadavil has been appointed as the new bishop of the Khadki diocese of the Syro-Malankara Church.
The appointment was announced in the St Mary’s Cathedral, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram December 12. Earlier, Pope Francis approved the name of the 60-year-old priest after the Synod of Bishops of the Syro Malankara Major Archiepiscopal Church had elected as a bishop.

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