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Saju Muthalaly

Saju Muthalaly

Indian-British Anglican bishop

Varghese Malayil Lukose "Saju" Muthalaly (born 1979) is an Indian-British Anglican bishop. Since 2022, he has been the Bishop of Loughborough, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England's Diocese of Leicester.

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Early life and education

Muthalaly was born in 1979 in South India.[1][2] He grew up in a leprosy hospital in Bangalore, where his mother was a nurse.[3] His family were part of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, and he "committed his life to Christ" as a teenager.[3] He studied at the Southern Asia Bible College in Bangalore, graduating with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 2001.[2][4] Having moved to the United Kingdom in 2001,[5] he trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an evangelical Anglican theological college, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a further BTh in 2008.[2][3]

Ordained ministry

Muthalaly was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2008 and as a priest in 2009.[2] From 2008 to 2011, he served his curacy at St Thomas' Church, Lancaster, a charismatic evangelical church in the Diocese of Blackburn.[1][2] He then moved to the Diocese of Carlisle, where he was an associate vicar at St Thomas' Church, Kendal and St Catherine's Church, Crook from 2011 to 2015.[1] In 2015, he joined St Mark's Church, Gillingham and St Mary's Island in the Diocese of Rochester as priest in charge.[2][4] He was made vicar of St Mark's Gillingham in 2019.[2]

On 12 November 2021, it was announced that Muthalaly had been appointed the next Bishop of Loughborough, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Leicester, in succession to Guli Francis-Dehqani.[1] He was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 25 January 2022 at St Paul's Cathedral;[6] reportedly becoming the youngest bishop in the Church of England.[4] On 9 November 2023, he also became part-time Assistant Bishop of Coventry during the coinciding vacancies in the diocesan See and the See of Warwick; in that role, he assists Ruth Worsley (Acting Bishop of Coventry) one day a week.[7]

Personal life

Muthalaly is married to Katy; together they have four children. In his spare time, he is a keen cricketer and has represented the Canterbury & Rochester (Rocherbury) Diocesan team and West Farleigh CC where he has shone as a big hitting all-rounder.[8] He captained the Diocesan team to the Semi Finals of the Church Times Cup in 2017.[9][3][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Suffragan Bishop of Loughborough: 12 November 2021". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Varghese Malayil Lukose (Saju) Muthalaly". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Next Suffragan Bishop of Loughborough Announced". Diocese of Leicester. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. [4]
    Davies, Madeleine (12 November 2021). "Kerala and Kent provide the next Bishop of Loughborough". Church Times. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Meet the Trustees". Simeon's Trustees and Hyndman's Trustees. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Bells ring out as Saju and Lusa are consecrated bishops at St Paul's Cathedral". Diocese of Leicester. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Bishop Saju to support Coventry Diocese during Vacancy-in-See". Diocese of Leicester. 13 September 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. [8]
    "West Farleigh CC". wfarleigh.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Cricket: Lichfield and London to meet again in Cricket final". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
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