Bishop Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil

Bishop Mathews Mar Polycarpos (Manakkarakavil) was born on 10 November 1955. He received his formation at St. Aloysius Minor Seminary in Trivandrum and at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary in Vadavathoor, and was ordained a priest on 18 December 1982. He studied in various universities in India, and at the Institut Catholique de Paris, and holds a doctorate in literature from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (2010). He has served as lecturer and head of Mar Ivanios College, parish priest in various communities and missions, and protosyncellus of the archeparchy of Trivandrum. He was elected to the titular see of Canatha as auxiliary bishop of Trivandrum on 7 May 2022, and received episcopal ordination the following 15 July.