Emmanuel Giles Pothanamuzhi


Mar Emmanuel Giles Pothanamuzhi, C. M. I. was a Syro-Malabar bishop.
He was born in Nadukkara, near Muvattupuzha, India. He was ordained as a priest in the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate in 1964. A botanist who lectured at Sacred Heart College, Ernakulam, he was the founder principal of Christ College, Bangalore and rector of the CMI major seminary, Dharmaram College, Bangalore.
He was appointed as Bishop of Mananthavady in 1997.