Director : INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL CANON LAW(IOCL)
Name (Official) |
Varghese |
Koluthara |
Date and Place of Birth |
April 12, 1953 |
Manappuram, Cherthala, Kerala |
Address |
Dharmaram College, Bangalore, 560 029, Bangalore |
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Specialization |
Canon Law |
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Doctoral Dissertation |
Rightful Autonomy of the Religious Institutes |
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Present Status |
Director, Institute of Oriental Canon Law |
Degree |
Specialization |
University |
Year |
L.L.B |
Law |
Bangalore |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Canon Law |
Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome |
1994 |
L.Th. |
Syst.Theology |
Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore |
1987 |
L.CL. |
Canon Law |
Lateran University, Rome |
1989 |
B.Th. |
Theology |
DVK, Bangalore |
1983 |
U.G |
Bachelor of Arts |
Bangalore |
1980 |
B.Ph. |
Philosophy |
DVK, Bangalore |
1977 |
Diploma |
Ori. Can. Law |
Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome |
1990 |
Diploma |
Jurisprudence |
Congregation for Sacraments,Rome |
1990 |
Diploma |
Religious Life |
Congregation for Cons. Life, Vatican |
1989-90 |
Office/Job |
University/Institute |
Year |
Asst. Parish Priest |
Nadavayal Parish, Manathavady Diocese |
1983-1984 |
Parish Priest |
Marakkadavu Parish, Manathavady Diocese |
1984-1985 |
Director |
Vinaya Sadhana, DVK, Bangalore |
1995-1997 |
Director |
Institute of Oriental Canon Law, DVK |
1999-2008 |
Director |
Cafeteria, DVK, Bangalore |
2007-2008 |
Provincial |
CMI, Mysore Province, Karnataka |
2008-2011 |
Financial Officer |
DVK, Bangalore |
2011-2012 |
Judge |
Marriage Tribunal, Arch. Diocese, Bangalore |
1997-2017 |
Judicial Vicar |
Marriage Tribunal, Diocese, Mandya-Bangalore |
2017- |
Chairperson |
Conciliation Committee, Arch. Dioce., Bangalore |
2011-2013 |
Director |
Institute of Oriental Canon Law, DVK, |
2015- |
Advocate |
Major Archiepi. Ordinary Tribunal, Kakkanad |
1997- |
Advocate |
Enrolled in the Bar Council Karnataka |
2002- |
Visiting Professor |
St. Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bangalore |
1997- |
Visiting Professor |
Mater Dei, Goa, India |
1997- |
Visiting Professor |
Sannyasa Institute, Bangalore, India |
1997- |
Visiting Professor |
Samanvaya Theology College, Rishikesh |
1997- |
Resource Person |
General Chapter of IMS Fathers, Varanasi |
2000 |
Resource Person |
General Chapters of Bethany Sisters-Mangalore |
2001, 2007 |
Resource Person |
General Chapter of CMSF Brothers, Mumbai |
2009 |
Consulter |
Ponti. Council for the interpretation of LegislativeTexts, Vatican, Rome |
2008- |
01. Rightful Autonomy of Religious Institutes according to the Code of Canons of Oriental Churches and the Code of Canon Law, Rome & Bangalore:C.I.I.S, Dharmaram Publications, 1994.
02. Rightful Autonomy of Religious Institutes according to the Code of Canons of Oriental Churches and the Code of Canon Law (2nd Edition), Bangalore, DP, 2005.
03. Rightful Autonomy of Religious Institutes according to the Code of Canons of Oriental Churches and the Code of Canon Law(3rdEdition), Bangalore: DP, 2014.
Articles - Malayalam:
Reviews:
The Catholic Church in India, Paul Pallath, Rome: Mar Thoma Yogam, 2003, in The Jurist (2004:2), 401-404.
Undergraduate |
Introduction to Canon Law Canon Law I Canon Law II Canon Law III |
Postgraduate |
General Norms Religious Life Clergy Temporal Goods Magisterium Sui Iuris Churches and Rites Specialities of the Oriental Code Hierarchy Sacraments Laity etc. |
Vice President |
Canon Law Society of India |
2004-08, 2015-17, 2019- |
Executive Member |
Canon Law Society of India |
2008-2015, 2017-2019 |
Vice President |
Oriental Canon Law Society of India |
1999-2004 |
Executive Member |
Inter. Society for the Law of Eastern Churches |
2000-2017 |
Judge |
Archdiocesan Tribunal Bangalore |
2007-2017 |
Judicial Vicar |
Diocesan Tribunal Mandya-Bengaluru |
2017 |
Advocate |
Ordinary Tribunal of the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, Kakkanad, Kerala |
1997- |
Advocate |
Karnataka Bar Council, Bengaluru |
2002- |