Post by Christian Institute for Theological Engagement

THE MOST REV. DR JAMES THOPPIL, BISHOP OF KOHIMA (NAGALAND) It is our delight to introduce the Most Rev. Dr James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima (Nagaland), who has graciously just consented to be one of CHRISTE's Ecclesiastical Patrons (together with the Rt Rev Cornelius Sim, Vicar Apostolic of Kuching in Brunei Darussalam). Bishop Thoppil hails from Kerala but embarked on his clerical vocation as a missionary priest in Nagaland (Northeast India) from a young age. His Lordship is an Asian Ecclesiologist whose Doctor of Sacred Theology degree was conferred by the Pontifical Urban University in Rome.