Malayil Pastor Lukose Varghese Muthalaly has spent the past 21 years in England
London:
An India-born vicar who grew up in a leprosy hospital in Bangalore, where his mother was a nurse, was ordained a Bishop in the Church of England with a staff, or staff, made of rosewood. Indian hybrid.
Acting Malayil Bishop Lukose Varghese Muthalaly, known as Saju, at the age of 42 became one of the youngest Bishops when he was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury during a Eucharistic service at St. Paul in London on Tuesday.
Rt said: “I have prepared for this ceremony so much knowing that people all over the world are praying for this moment is a great privilege. Priest Saju.
Two of his four children, Zipp and Abraham, joined him in prayer this week.
While beginning work towards his new role, he will be officially appointed and named Bishop of Loughborough only after the Welcome Service with guests and diocesan representatives at Brockington Church Academy. of England in Enderby, Leicestershire, on 5 February.
The service in London marked the feast day of the conversion of the apostle Saint Paul, and a poignant sermon was given by Dr. Selina Stone, tutor and lecturer in theology at St. Mellitus, preach on that subject.
“I absolutely love the service… There are so many people there cheering you on from here in Leicestershire and from Dubai, from India and other parts of the world,” Father Saju told the BBC.
Previously, Father Saju talked about how he was born in India and spent the first half of his life there, around the beautiful waters of Kerala and later Bangalore. He has spent the past 21 years in the UK, where he briefly came and fell in love with Katy, now his wife.
“I feel the call to live and work in England. And now Loughborough feels at home. Our experience is that the people of Leicestershire are very welcoming,” he said.
Regarding his priorities for his new role in the East Midlands, the reverend added: “The first year I wanted to spend time with as many people as possible. I am a stranger to this place, there is so much to learn and so much to listen to. “He also revealed his routine of going to bed early, getting up early, which includes a lot of reading and reflection. With his 4 young children, aged between 8 and 12 years old, he enjoys playing cricket, sports. which he believes is one of the greatest contributions the British have made to the world.
As an avid sportsman, he also loves to run and has completed a few marathons.
Saju, whose appointment as Bishop to the Church of England was approved by Queen Elizabeth II last November, trained at South Asian Bible College in Bangalore, and trained for ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He served his title at St. Thomas’, Lancaster, in the Diocese of Blackburn and was ordained a Priest in the Church of England in 2009.
Prior to that, Saju was appointed Deputy Representative in St. Thomas’, Kendal, and St. Catherine’s, Crook, of the Diocese of Carlisle, northwest England, in 2011. He served in St. Mark’s, Gillingham and St Mary’s Island in the Diocese of Rochester since 2015 – initially as Priest in Charge, before being appointed Vicar in 2019.
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