By Our Reporter
Shillong: Principal of St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong, Fr. George Rajendran Kuttinadar, SDB, has been appointed as the new Bishop of Thuckalay diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on Friday.
Fr. Kuttinadar, who is one of the youngest Bishops, will be ordained on September 16. The ecclesiastical provision was made public in Rome on Friday.
Fr. Kuttinadar was born on April 14, 1968 in the parish of Padanthalumoodu of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Thuckalay. He joined the Salesians of Don Bosco and took his first vows on May 23, 1994 and perpetual vows on May 23, 2002. He was ordained as a priest on December 29, 2003.
He completed his philosophical studies in Nashik, and theological studies in Shillong. He was Asst. Headmaster in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Prefect of Studies in Savio Juniorate, Vice-Principal of St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong and Vice-Rector of the Minor Seminary.