Raphael Thattil

Mar Raphael Thattil
Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church Metropolitan and Gate of All India
Church	Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Church
See	Ernakulam-Angamaly
Elected	9 January 2024
Installed	11 January 2024
Predecessor	George Alencherry
Other post(s)	Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1980 by Joseph Kundukulam
Consecration	10 April 2010 by Andrews Thazhath
Rank	Major Archbishop
Personal details
Born	(1956-04-21) 21 April 1956 (age 68) Trichur, Kerala, India
Residence	Mount Saint Thomas, Kakkanad
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Shamshabad (2017‍–‍2024) Apostolic Visitator for Outside The Territory in India (2013‍–‍2017) Auxiliary Bishop of Thrissur (2010‍–‍2017)
Education	Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome Paurastya Vidyapitam, Vadavathoor
Motto	To Be Broken and Given
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Joseph Kundukulam Date 21 December 1980 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Andrews Thazhath Co-consecrators Jacob Thoomkuzhy and Jacob Manathodath Date 10 April 2010

Styles of Raphael Thattil
Reference style	Mar
Spoken style	Mar
Religious style	Major Archbishop

Raphael Thattil (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܪܦܐܝܠ ܬܬܝܠ) (born 21 April 1956) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, the largest Eastern Catholic Church and as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly since January 2024.

Thattil was appointed and installed as the auxiliary bishop of Thrissur in 2010 to serve along with metropolitan archbishop Andrews Thazhath. In 2013, Pope Francis appointed him as the apostolic visitator for all members of the Syro-Malabar Church in India outside their own territory. He served in these roles until he was appointed the first bishop of the newly erected Eparchy of Shamshabad in 2017. In January 2024, he was elected major archbishop by the Holy Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church to succeed George Alencherry (2011-2023).^[1]