Apeisa March 2 2024 ni’n Pu Pope Francis in kum 75 a upa Most Rev. Joseph Kariyil resignation ana pom pieh ta hi. Bishop Joseph Kariyil hi kum 2009 akipat 2011 kum tan Punalur Bishop ana hi a tauzou in 2011 kum apat in 2024 kum a retire tan in Bishop of Cochin ana hi ahi.
Bishop Joseph Kariyil hi 11 January 1949 kum in Alleppey khuo gei a om Arthunkal khuo ah ana pieng a, Katholik pawlpi adingin a hinkhuo ki ap in siempu sin ding in ana ki pie khie hi. 19 December 1973 kum in siempu hina a suhdetna ana nga a, pawlpi nasepna mun tuom tuom ah ana sem a, Mundamveli and Santa Cruz Basilica, Fort Cochin ah jong assistant Parish Priest in ana om hi. Tualeh 1987 kum in Rome khuopi ah doctorate in moral theology Alphonsian Academy ah ana nga hi.
1992 apat 2000 kum sung Director of the Pastoral Orientation Centre (POC) ah Deputy Secretary-General of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) pan mun ana luo a, 2000 apat 2005 kum sung Vicar General of the Diocese of Cochin in ana kitel hi.
March 12, 2005 kum in Bishop of Punalur dingin ana kitel a, 3 May 2005 ni’n suhdetna ana nga hi. 8 May 2009 in Bishop of Cochin dingin ana kitel kia a, 5 July 2009 akipat in a panmun aluo hi. Thei dinga kilawm in Bishop Joseph Kariyil hi Kerala Regional Latin Catholic Bishops’ Council a President hina toumun luo jong ahi.
