Eparchy of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar)

Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar SDB, DD Bp. George Rajendran was born to Mr Kuttinadar Thomas and Mrs Omana Mary on 14 April 1968 at Padanthalumoodu, Kanyakumari district, Tamilnadu, India. Having been living close to the priests and religious in the parish and realising their dedicated ministry to God and the poor, Rajendran felt a special call to serve God and the poor as a priest. With the guidance of Rev. Fr. Joseph Karimpallil (parish priest), his mender, in June 1990, after his Higher Secondary Education, Rajendran attended a vocation camp at Don Bosco, Vaduthala, Kerala along with 15 boys. Deacon Rajendran was ordained a priest on 29 December 2003 at Sacred Heart Church, Padanthalumudu by Mar George Alencherry, the then Bishop of the Eparchy of Thuckalay in Tamilnadu. After a brief stay there as a counsellor, in January 2007, Fr Rajendran was appointed Vice Rector and Vice Principal of St Anthony's Higher Secondary School, Shillong. It was while carrying out this ministry at St. Anthony's School that on 24 August 2012, Fr Rajendran was nominated as the Bishop of the Eparchy of Thuckalay. The Episcopal ordination was held on 16 September 2012.