Jacob Muricken

Mar

Jacob Muricken
Auxiliary Bishop of Palai Emeritus
DioceseSyro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai
SeePala, Kerala[1]
Orders
Ordination27 December 1993
Consecration1 October 2012
Personal details
Born
Muttuchira, Kottayam District, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
DenominationSyro-Malabar Catholic Church

Jacob Muricken (born 16 June 1963) is an Indian Catholic monk, prelate and theologian, who is the former auxiliary bishop[2] of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai (2012-2022).[3] He was ordained as a priest by Joseph Pallikaparampil on 27 December 1993. He served as an assistant vicar, boarding house rector, professor, secretary of Corporate Educational Agency, vicar at Chakkampuzha and Neeloor parishes. He was declared auxiliary bishop of Palai on 24 August 2012 while serving as the diocesan pastoral coordinator. His episcopal ordination was on 1 October 2012 by Joseph Perumthottam at St. Thomas Cathedral, Palai.

In August 2022, Muricken said that "God inspires me to go into solitude" and resigned from his post as auxiliary bishop to continue his life as a hermit, moving to the hermitage following approval from the Syro-Malabar synod.[4]

  1. ^ "Bishop Jacob Muricken". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  2. ^ Staff Reporter (24 February 2021). "K.M. Mani gets memorial in Pala". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Syro Malabar Church Bishop ::Mar Jacob Murickan Auxiliary Bishop ::Palai Eparchy". www.syromalabarchurch.in. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Indian bishop quits to become a hermit". UCA News. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.