Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States and North America, the first to hold American and Peruvian citizenships, the first born after World War II, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas after his predecessor Pope Francis.
Prevost was born in Chicago and raised in the nearby suburb of Dolton, Illinois. He became a friar of the Order of Saint Augustine in 1977 and was ordained as a priest in 1982. He earned a Doctor of Canon Law (JCD) degree in 1987, from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome.
His service includes extensive missionary work in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s, where he worked as a parish pastor, diocesan official, seminary teacher, and administrator. Elected prior general of the Order of Saint Augustine, he was based in Rome from 2001 to 2013, and extensively traveled to the order's provinces and missions around the world.
His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Thomas Mar Koorilos, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archieparchy of Tiruvalla, hails from the Chakkalapadickal family, a noble lineage of Panackamattom. Born on 19 October 1958 in Pathanamthitta, he was raised with a strong devotion to the Church. Educated in various prestigious institutions, he joined the Minor Seminary of the Eparchy of Tiruvalla in 1974. After completing his higher studies in Pune, he was ordained a priest in 1985.
His Grace has served in multiple parishes and held significant roles, including Secretary to His Excellency Geevarghese Mar Timotheos and Co-ordinator of the Malankara Catholic Community in Delhi. He obtained a doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. In 1997, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Tiruvalla and later became the first Metropolitan of the Eparchy of Muvattupuzha in 2003. Since 2007, he has served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla and currently holds the position of Secretary of the Holy Episcopal Synod of the Malankara Catholic Church.
His Beatitude Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos, Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Malankara Catholic Church, was born on 15 June 1959 in Mukkoor, Kerala, India. He began his ecclesiastical journey at the Infant Jesus Minor Seminary of the Eparchy of Tiruvalla in 1976 and was ordained a priest in 1986.
He pursued advanced theological studies, earning a Doctorate in Ecumenical Theology from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome. Over the years, he has held various significant roles, including Rector, Chancellor, and Proto-Syncellus of the Eparchy of Sultan Bathery.
In 2001, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum and Apostolic Visitator to North America and Europe. He was later installed as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla in 2006 and, in 2007, was elected the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Malankara Catholic Church. Elevated to Cardinal in 2012, His Beatitude is a prominent figure in promoting ecumenism and serving the faithful worldwide.
I am much delighted to extend to you a warm welcome to new opportunities to success. We cannot always build the future of youth, but we can build our youth for their future. Sahyajyothi Arts and Science College is the first arts and science college started by the Malankara Catholic Archdiocese of Thiruvalla. We aspire to serve the higher educational aspirations of the people of the Highrange region.
Emphasis is given for job oriented degree courses to the students in the socially and economically backward areas around Kumily so as to enable them to succeed in a scientific and technologically advanced world of today. At present the college operates seven undergraduate programmes and two Post Graduate programme affiliated to M.G University
Welcome to Sahyajyothi Arts and Science College, Kumily, the only higher education institution situated near the renowned Periyar Tiger Reserve, Thekkady. Our dedicated faculty and dynamic, enthusiastic students create a vibrant learning environment. We are committed to fostering the holistic development of our students, while maintaining affordable fees to ensure accessible education for all.
