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{{Infobox Christian leader<br />
| type = Bishop<br />
| honorific-prefix = [[Mar]]<br />
| name = Bosco Puthur<br />
| honorific-suffix = <br />
| title = Bishop of Syro Malabar Eparchy of Melbourne<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| province = Immediately subject to the [[Holy See]]<br />
| diocese = Syro Malabar Eparchy of Melbourne<br />
| see = Syro Malabar Curia<br />
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| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| ordination = 27 March 1971<br />
| consecration = 13 February 2010<br />
| rank = Episcopa/Bishop<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1946|5|28}}<br />
| birth_place = Parappur, [[Thrissur, Kerala]]<br />
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| nationality = <br />
| religion = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]<br />
| residence = <br />
| parents = Anthony Puthur<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| occupation = <br />
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| alma_mater = St Johns' High School Parappur, [[St. Thomas College, Thrissur]]<br />
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'''Mar Bosco Puthur''' (born 28 May 1946) is a [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Syro-Malabar]] Catholic Bishop. He was born in [[Parappur, Kerala]], India and is the [[Curia]] Bishop of the Syro Malabar Church. Previously, he has served as Rector of Mangalapuzha Seminary|St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha. He was also a Monsignor of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur]]. Following the sudden death of [[Mar Varkey Vithayathil]], he has also served as the [[Diocesan administrator|Administrator]] of the Major Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly and of the Syro-Malabar Church.<ref>Mar Bosco Puthur: [http://www.smcim.org/files/portal/news/attach1_139.pdf Notification of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil]</ref> On 11 January 2014, Puthur was appointed by Pope Francis as the bishop of the Eparchy of Melbourne of St. Thomas in Australia for the Syro-Malabar Catholics. He was also appointed as the Apostolic Visitator of the Syro-Malabar Faithful in New Zealand.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827113108/http://smcim.smonline.org/highlights47.htm Appointment as Auxiliary bishop]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bputhur.html Mar Bosco Puthur at Catholic hierarchy]<br />
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[[Category:1946 births]]<br />
[[Category:Syro-Malabar bishops]]<br />
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