Kozhikode:

Rev Royce Manoj Victor was ordained as the first bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Malabar of the Church of South India (CSI) at a function held here on Tuesday.

CSI moderator Rev G Dyvasirvadam led the ordination ceremony held at the CSI Cathedral Church at Mananchira by handing over the Bible, crosier and ring to the newly ordained Bishop.

The ordination ceremony started at 10am with a procession from the BEM School. CSI deputy moderator Rev Thomas K Oommen, general secretary of CSI, Rev Daniel Ratnakar Sadananda, CSI bishops, priests and parishioners attended the ceremony.

A felicitation meeting was held in honour of the new bishop which was attended by Kozhikode MP, M K Raghavan, A Pradeep Kumar MLA among others.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kozhikode / TNN / May 18th, 2016