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| title = [[Archbishop]] of the Simhasana Churches in the Malabar Region <br />
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| ordination = 7 August 2003<br />
| ordained_by = Mor [[Philoxenos Yuhanon]]<br />
| consecration = 14 September 2022<br />
| consecrated_by = Moran Mor [[Ignatius Aphrem II]] Patriarch<br />
| rank = [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]]<br />
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| birth_name = Geevarghese Kuttiparichel<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1978|02|08}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sulthan Bathery]], [[Kerala]], [[India]] <br />
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[[Bachelor of Divinity]] from [[M.S.O.T. Seminary]], Udayagiri<br><br />
[[Doctor of Divinity]] from Teologiska Högskolan Västerbotten [[Sweden]]<br />
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'''Mor Stephanos Geevarghese''' (born '''Geevarghese Kuttiparichel''' on 8 February 1978) is a [[Syriac Orthodox]] archbishop of Simhasana Churches in the Malabar Region.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Fr. Shibu and Fr. Joshi will also take the position of Rampan today |url=https://time.news/fr-shibu-and-fr-joshi-will-also-take-the-position-of-rampan-today/ |work=Time News |date=16 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Life knows no religion: Kerala clergyman donates kidney to ailing Muslim woman |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/kerala-priest-donates-kidney-ailing-young-woman.html |work=OnManorama}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=യാക്കോബായ സുറിയാനി സഭയ്ക്ക് പുതിയ രണ്ട് മെത്രാപ്പൊലീത്തമാർ കൂടി |url=https://www.manoramanews.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/jacobite-syrian-christian-church.html |work=Manoramanews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chronicle |first1=Deccan |title=Kerala: Advent season sees priest donating kidney to woman |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/221216/kerala-advent-season-sees-priest-donating-kidney-to-woman.html |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=22 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/two-metropolitans-for-jacobite-church/articleshow/92607896.cms|title=Two Metropolitans For Jacobite Church &#124; Kochi News|website=The Times of India|date=2 July 2022 |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ഫാ. ഷിബു കുറ്റിപറിച്ചേൽ നാളെ റമ്പാൻ സ്ഥാനം സ്വീകരിക്കും |url=https://newswayanad.in/2022/08/65862 |work=Newswayanad.in |date=16 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
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* [[Bachelor of Divinity]] from [[M.S.O.T. Seminary]], Udayagiri<br />
* [[Doctor of Divinity]] from Teologiska Högskolan Västerbotten [[Sweden]]<br />
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==Books==<br />
Geevarghese has authored books including Chiriyude Chirathukal, Visudha Vicharangal etc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chiriyude Chirathukal: ചിരിയുടെ ചിരാതുകൾ |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53106432-chiriyude-chirathukal |website=Goodreads |language=en}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref><br />
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==Organ donation==<br />
In association with Kidney Federation of India, founded by [[Davis Chiramel]], Geevarghese who was aged 39 years, donated his kidney to a Muslim woman who was suffering from kidney ailments.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala priest donates kidney to Muslim woman, saves her life |url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/india/kerala-priest-donates-kidney-to-muslim-woman-saves-her-life_1960578.html |work=Zee News |date=21 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=KHAN |first1=K. RAHMAN |title=Indian Muslims: The Way Forward: Why Muslims Remain Backward in All Spheres and What Should Be Done About It |date=19 May 2021 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-63806-534-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zk8tEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kidney+Federation+of+India,&pg=PT117 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kerela: Priest at St Mary's Jacobite Church donates kidney to Muslim women |url=https://english.newsnationtv.com/lifestyle/others/kerela-fr-shibu-kuttiparichel-priest-at-st-marys-jacobite-church-cheengeri-donates-kidney-154960.html |work=News Nation English |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/shibuachanwayanad|Bishop Sthephanos Geevarghese]<br />
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