Mar Raphy Manjaly belongs to the parish of Vendoor of the Archdiocese of Trichur . He was born on 7 February 1958 at Vendore. Bishop Raphy Manjaly had his initial schooling in St. Francis Xavier School, Vendore. Having completed his High School studies in Thyagarajar High School in Algappanagar, he joined the diocese of Agra aspiring to become a missionary priest in 1973. He was ordained priest on 11 May 1983 for the Archdiocese of Agra . ln 2007 Pope Benedict XVI nominated him bishop of Varanasi . He received episcopal consecration on 30 April 2007. On 17 Oct 2013 he was appointed as Bishop of Allahabad and installed as the 11th Bishop of Allahabad on 3 Dec 2013.