Thrissur, January 17: Father Joju Anto, Vicar General of the Church of the East (CoE) in India and Fr Shaju Paulose were consecreted as Bishops by the Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Maran Mar Dinkha IV here today.
The Assyrian Church of the East with its headquarters in Chicago (USA) is popularly known as the Church of the East.
The consecration ceremony with a high Holy Mass was led by the patriarch assisted by 10 prelates along with about 100 priests and deacons and nuns was held at a specially-prepared altar at Chaldean Syrian School ground.
Besides the chief of the CoE in India, Maetropolitan Mar Aprem, prelates from Russia, Australia, California, Europe, USA, Canada and Nohadra and about 60 deacons from Australia participated in the ceremony, church sources said.
–Agencies