en Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil

Mar

Gheevarghese Divannasios
Mar; Gheevarghese Divannasios
Bishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur
Church	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Diocese	Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur
Appointed	25 January 2010
Term ended	24 January 2017
Successor	Geevarghese Mar Makarios
Other post(s)	Bishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery (1997-2010)
Orders
Ordination	20 April 1978
Consecration	5 February 1997; by Cyril Baselios
Personal details
Born	1 November 1950; Kunnamthanam, Kerala, India
Died	16 January 2018 (aged 67); Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
Buried	St. John's Cathedral, Tiruvalla

Geevarghese Mar Divannasios Ottathengil (1 November 1950 – 16 January 2018) was the bishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur from 2010 until 2017.^[1]^[2]

Early life and ministry

Geevarghese Mar Divannasios was born Varghese Ottathengil on 1 November 1950 into a Syrian Christian family in Thalavady near Thiruvalla. He was ordained a priest by Benedict Mar Gregorios in 1978. He served as Rector of the Major Seminary of the Malankara Catholic Church and was appointed Bishop of the Eparchy of Bathery by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Ottathengil's sacerdotal Silver Jubilee was celebrated in 2003. He served as Administrator of the Malankara Catholic Church after the death of Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholicos^[3] and was later appointed as the first Bishop of the newly erected Eparchy of Puthoor in 2010.^[4]

Resignation and death

Mar Divannasios resigned from his position as Eparch of Puthoor due to health issues at the age of 66 in 2017,^[5] having been a priest for 39 years and a bishop for 20 years. He died on 16 January 2018 in Thiruvalla, Kerala.^[6]