New Delhi: Bishop Dr Jacob Mar Barnabas of the Gurugram diocese of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church passed away near here on Thursday. He was 60.

The Bishop was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 for the last one week. His condition worsened on Thursday morning. 

Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas was born on 3 December, 1960, to Geevarghese and Rachel in the Karikulam Family of Ranni, Pathanamthitta, in Kerala.

He was ordained priest on 2 October, 1986. He was consecrated as the first bishop of the Diocese of Gurugram in May, 2007. 

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In February, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the Apostolic Visitator for the Malankara Community in the Extra Territorial Regions in India and the Titular Bishop of Bapara. 

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