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| type = Bishop<br />
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]<br />
| name = Thomas K. Oommen<br />
| title = former Moderator Emeritus of the [[Church of South India]] and Bishop Emeritus of [[Madhya Kerala Diocese]]<br />
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| church = [[Church of South India]]<br />
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| diocese = [[Diocese of Madhya Kerala|Madhya Kerala]]<br />
| term = 2011–2020 {{nowrap|(Madhya Kerala)}}<br />2017–2019(Moderator)<br />
| successor = [[Sabu K. Cherian]]<br />
| predecessor = Thomas Samuel<br />
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| ordination = 1982<br />
| ordained_by = M. C. Mani<br />
| consecration = 5 March 2011<br />
| consecrated_by = [[S. Vasantha Kumar]], [[Joseph Mar Thoma]], [[G. Devakadasham]] & [[George Daniel (bishop)|K. G. Daniel]]<br />
| rank = [[Bishop]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|29|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thalavady]], [[Travancore Cochin]], [[India]]<br />
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'''Thomas Kanjirappally Oommen''' (born 29 November 1953) is an Indian Anglican bishop. He was the [[Bishop]] of the [[Madhya Kerala Diocese]] and former Moderator of [[Church of South India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas K. Oommen selected Bishop of CSI diocese|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/thomas-k-oommen-selected-bishop-of-csi-diocese/article1327376.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date =10 February 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Early years==<br />
Thomas K Oommen was born on 29 November 1953, to an agrarian [[Saint Thomas Anglicans|Saint Thomas Anglican]] family at [[Thalavady]] in [[Alappuzha]] district. He did his college education at NSS Hindu College, [[Changanassery]]. He had taken an undergraduate degree in divinity from Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.<br />
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==Ecclesiastical career==<br />
Oommen was ordained deacon in 1982 and was made presbyter the next year. Oommen was elected as [[Bishop]] of [[Madhya Kerala Diocese]] of [[Church of South India]] in February 2011. He was ordained as the 12th Bishop of the CSI Madhya Kerala diocese at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, [[Kottayam]] on 5 March 2011. CSI Moderator Rt. Rev. [[S. Vasantha Kumar]] was the chief [[consecrator]]. [[Joseph Mar Thoma|Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan]], CSI Deputy Moderator Rt. Rev. [[Gnanasigamony Devakadasham]] and CSI Bishop Rt. Rev. [[George Daniel (bishop)|K. G. Daniel]] were [[Co-consecrator]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas K Oommen ordained CSI diocese bishop|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article452522.ece?service=print|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002044956/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article452522.ece?service=print|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2013|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date =6 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Thomas Oommen installed as CSI central Kerala Bishop |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Thomas-Oommen-installed-as-CSI-central-Kerala-Bishop/article14935620.ece |work=The Hindu |date=5 March 2011 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Babu |title=CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese gets new Bishop |url=https://www.christiantoday.co.in/news/csi-madhya-kerala-diocese-gets-new-bishop.html |website=www.christiantoday.co.in |language=en}}</ref> Oommen was elected as the Deputy Moderator of [[Church of South India]] at the [[Church of South India Synod]] held at Vijayawada on 11 January 2014 and as the Moderator and Primate of [[Church of South India]] at the Synod held at Kottayam on 15 January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anglican.ink/article/reformer-elected-moderator-csi|title=Reformer elected Moderator of the CSI}}</ref><br />
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