Diocese of Jhansi

Bishop Peter Parapullil

Bishop Peter Parapullil

Bishop's House,
64, Cantonment, Jhansi - 284001,
Uttar Pradesh, India

Phone: +91 510 - 2370024 (p) +91 510 - 24 71391 (o); 2471594 (o)
Fax :+91 510 2471594
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Bishop Peter Parapullil was born on Dec. 2, 1949 in Perumanoor in Kerala. He completed his studies in philosophy at the seminary in Alwaye and then went to St. Joseph's Seminary in Allahabad. He obtained a post graduate degree in English literature at the Buldelkhand University and a diploma in social and religious communication at the Gregorian University in Rome.

He was ordained priest in 1976. Since 2005 he has been general vicar of the diocese of Jhansi. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the bishop of Jhansi on Oct. 31, 2012, following the resignation of Bishop Frederick D'Souza.