It is with deep sorrow that I inform you of the sad demise of Most Rev. Geevarghese Mar Divannasios, Bishop Emeritus of Puttur Diocese of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, at 2.30 p.m., today, 16th January, 2018, at Pushpagiri Medical College Hospital, Tiruvalla, Kerala.
He was the Bishop of the Diocese of Puttur from 2010-2016, Bishop of the Diocese of Bathery from 1997-2010 and was the Rector of St. Mary’s Malankara Seminary from 1994-1997.
The funeral of the departed Bishop will be held at 2.00 p.m. on Thursday, at St. John’s Cathedral, Tiruvalla, Kerala.
You are kindly requested to pray for the repose of the soul of His Excellency Bishop Geevarghese Mar Divannasios.
Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX
Secretary General (CBCI)