His Beatitude Mar Raphael Thattil, the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, announced the appointments of new bishops for the Eparchies of Adilabad and Belthangady on 28 August, during a public meeting held at the Major Archiepiscopal Curia at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad, in the presence of the Synod Fathers.
Rev. Fr. James Patteril CMF, presently serving as the Provincial Procurator of the Würzburg Province of the Claretian Congregation in Germany, has been appointed Bishop of Belthangady. He succeeds Bishop Mar Lawrence Mukkuzhy, who resigned due to health reasons.
Rev. Fr. Joseph Thachaparambath CMI, serving as the Provincial Superior of the CMI Chanda St. Thomas Province, has been appointed Bishop of Adilabad. He succeeds Mar Prince Antony Panengadan, who has been transferred from the Eparchy of Adilabad to the then Eparchy of Shamshabad.
