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| name = Yuhanon Mar Policarpos<br />
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| church = [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]<br />
| diocese = [[Angamaly Malankara Orthodox Diocese|Angamaly Diocese]]<br />
| term = 2009 – present<br />
| predecessor = [[Mathews Barnabas]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|03|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Vadakkanchery]], [[Palakkad]]<br />
| honorific_prefix = His Grace<br />
| consecration = 19 February 2009<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Baselios Marthoma Didymos I]]<br />
| parents = Mr. P V Zachariah, Ms. Annamma Zachariah<br />
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His Grace '''Yuhanon Mar Policarpos''' is a bishop of the [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]. He currently serves as the Diocesan [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the [[Angamaly Malankara Orthodox Diocese|Angamaly Diocese]].<ref>{{cite web |title=H.G. Yuhanon Mar Policarpos |url=https://mosc.in/holysynod/h-g-youhanon-mar-polycarpus-metropolitan|website=mosc.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yuhanon Mar Policarpos {{!}} Malankara Orthodox TV |url=https://malankaraorthodox.tv/}}</ref><ref>[https://www.angamalyorthodoxchurch.com/parish.php Angamaly Orthodox Church website, ''Parish'', retrieved 2024-01-10]</ref> <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Yuhanon [[Mar (title)|Mar]] Policarpos (then P. S. Yohannan) family was born to P. V. Zachariah and Annamma Zachariah of Panniyankara Parakunnil family in [[Vadakkencherry, Palakkad|Vadakkanchery, Palakkad]] on 30 March 1955. Policarpos did his schooling in Abhayakkad Chami Iyer High School, and graduated from [[Sree Narayana College, Alathur|Sree Narayana College]], [[Alathur]]. Policarpos took his Masters degree in [[sociology]] from the [[University of Kerala]].<ref name="MOSC">[https://mosc.in/holysynod/h-g-youhanon-mar-polycarpus-metropolitan/ Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church website, ''His Grace Yuhanon Mar Policarpos Metropolitan'']</ref> He has also received a diploma from [[Geneva]] in 1990.<br />
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Policarpos is a member of Thenidukku Church of the [[Kochi Orthodox Diocese|Kochi Diocese]].<br />
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== Priesthood ==<br />
He was ordained [[Subdeacon|sub-deacon]] on 25 March 1977, [[deacon]] on 8 December and [[priest]] on 7 January 1980 and named [[Clergy#astern Orthodoxy|Father]] P. S. Yohannan. He was later ordained as [[Monk|Ramban]] (monk) by [[Holiness (style)|His Holiness]] Moran Mar [[Baselios Marthoma Didymos I]], the then [[Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan]]. <br />
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== Metropolitan ==<br />
Yuhanon Ramban was elevated as bishop by Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Didymos I, [[Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan]] at a consecration ceremony held at [[St. George Orthodox Church, Puthuppally]] on 19 February 2009. He was given the episcopal name His Grace Yuhanon Mar Policarpos and given the charge of the [[Angamaly Malankara Orthodox Diocese|Angamaly Diocese]].<br />
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