Mar Joseph Srampickal
Syro-Malabar Bishop of Great Britain
Mar Joseph Srampickal at Walsingham Pilgrim Church
Church	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Diocese	Great Britain
See	Preston
Appointed	28 July 2016
Installed	9 October 2016
Orders
Ordination	12 August 2000
Consecration	9 October 2015 by George Alencherry
Personal details
Born	(1967-05-30) 30 May 1967 (age 56) Kerala, India
Denomination	Catholic Church

Joseph Srampickal is an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop. In 2016, he was appointed the first bishop of the Eparchy of Great Britain, which had been erected by Pope Francis the same year.^[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Joseph Srampickal was born on 30 May 1967 in Poovarany, in the Eparchy of Palai.^[5]

Education

He studied philosophy at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, and theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in biblical theology. He continued his studies at the University of Oxford.^[6]

Priesthood

Ordained a priest on 12 August 2000, he has held the following positions: professor at the minor seminary and Ephrem Formation Centre of Pala, Director of the Mar Sleeva Nursing College, Director of the Evangelization Programme, secretary of the bishop; and pastor at Urulikunnam. From 2013, he was Vice Rector of the Pontifical Urbaniana College of the Propaganda Fide, Rome.^[7]

Episcopate

He was Appointed Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain on 28 July 2016 by Pope Francis and ordained bishop on 9 October 2015 by George Alencherry.^{[8][9][10][11]}

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