Currently vicar at Tholassery Rev. Dr. Sabu K. Cherian, 59-year-old who currently serves as the vicar of the St Thomas CSI Church in Tholassery, has been elected as the 13th Bishop of the Madhya Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India (CSI).
He was selected by a committee headed by the CSI moderator Rev. A Dharmaraj Rasalam, at the CSI headquarters in Chennai. The consecration of the new bishop will be held at CSI Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kottayam on Monday.
The consecration ceremony will be led by the CSI moderator, in the presence of Rev. Reuben Mark, deputy moderator, Fernandas Rathina Raja, general secretary, and Prof. Vimal Sukumar, treasurer. Bishops in CSI and the sister churches, administrative committee leaders of the Diocese, presbyters, sisters, synod members and lay men will be present at the function.