Joseph Pamplany
Joseph Pamplany | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | ܡܪ ܝܘܣܦ ܦܡܦܠܢܝ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Church | Syro Malabar Church | ||||||||||||||||||
| See | Tellicherry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elected | 15 January 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | 20 April 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Other posts |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous post |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Orders | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ordination | 30 December 1997 by George Valiamattam | ||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | 8 November 2017 by George Njaralakatt | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Motto | Non Nisi Te Domine (Latin for 'Nothing Except You, Lord') | ||||||||||||||||||
Ordination history | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Pamplany | |
|---|---|
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | KU Leuven (PhD, Biblical Studies) |
| Thesis | Crossing the Abysses: An Exegetical Study of John 20:19-29 in the Light of the Johannine Notion of Discipleship (2006) |
| Doctoral advisor | Reimund Bieringer |
Joseph Pamplany (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church serving in double role as the Archbishop of Tellicherry since 2022 and as the vicar of the major archbishop for the Archeparchy of Ernakulam–Angamaly since January 2025. Pope Francis announced his approval of his election by Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church as archbishop on January 15, 2022, replacing George Njaralakatt. He was also elected the synod's secretary replacing Antony Kariyil. He previously served as the Archdiocese of Tellicherry's auxiliary bishop.