Mar Thomas Padiyath (born 14 January 1969) is an Indian Catholic prelate of the Syro-Malabar Church in India, currently serving as an auxiliary bishop in the Eparchy of Shamshabad.
After his ordination, Archbishop Powathil sent him to the Catholic University of Louvain where he received a doctorate in philosophy and licentiate in theology.
[1] After he returned to India from Louvain, he began his ministry as an Assistant Priest before being appointed by Powathil to be the Secretary of Archbishop of Changanacherry.
[2] On 25 August 2022, Pope Francis announced and approved of the election of Padiyath as one of the two auxiliary bishops for Shamshabad by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Synod.
[3] He was appointed by Mar Raphael Thattil, the Eparch of Shamshabad, special charge over the Etawah-Rajasthan region for the Eparchy.