Xavier Khan Vattayil

Rev. Fr.
Xavier Khan Vattayil
Diocese Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palghat
Orders
Ordination 28 April 1994
Personal details
Born (1969-03-04)4 March 1969
Nationality India
Denomination Syro-Malabar Catholic
Occupation Catholic Priest

Xavier Khan Vattayil (Malayalam: സേവ്യർ ഖാൻ വട്ടായിൽ) popularly known as Vattayil Achan is an Indian Catholic priest from the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat in India, known for his preaching and evangelization through television, internet, radio and other mediums. He was ordained as priest in 1994.[1] He is the founder-director of Sehion Retreat Centre in Attapady, Kerala and Sehion Ministries, which is a part of charismatic movement in Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The television preaching programs called Abhishekagni in Shalom TV India and Maranatha in Jeevan TV are led by him. His new television series named Thunder of God started telecasting on 15 August 2015. He is involved in the Abhishekagni Convention, a world-wide program among Malayali communities.

Fr. Xavier Khan Vattayil preaching in an Abhishekagni convention during 2013

Personal life

Vattayil was born in Pallikurup near Mannarkkad, Palakkad in 1969. He completed his high school from Pallikurup High school in 1984. In the same year, he joined Seminary in the Diocese of Palakkad. He earned pre-degree from the University of Calicut in 1987. He graduated in philosophy from the University of Kerala in 1990. In the year 1994 he earned bachelor's degree in theology from St. Joseph Pontifical Institute, Aluva and was ordained as a priest in the same year. He was appointed as a parish priest in a small parish named Karara near Attappady in Palakkad district. He served as a parish priest there for a year.

References

  1. ↑ "PALGHAT EPARCHY". Syro-Malabar Church. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  • "Palghat Diocese". palghatdiocese.org. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  • "Sehion Ministries". sehion.org. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  • "Sehion Web Radio". sehionradio.org. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  • "Palghat Diocese -(Palakkad Diocese), India". palghatdiocese.org. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  • "SEHION TELEVISION: CHANNEL PROGRAMS". sehiontelevision.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  • "Sehion Ministries USA". sehionusa.org. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  • "Sehion Ministries". sehion.org. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
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