title: John Moolachira
text: # John Moolachira
  
  John Moolachira is the current serving Archbishop of Guwahati.
  
  ## Early life
  
  He was born in Puthussery Kadavu, Kerala on 14 December 1951.
  
  ## Priesthood
  
  He was ordained a Catholic Priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tezpur on 23 October 1978.
  
  ## Episcopate
  
  He was appointed Bishop of Diphu on 14 February 2007 by Pope John Paul II and ordained a bishop on 15 April 2007. He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Guwahati on 9 April 2011. He succeeded as Archbishop of Guwahati on 18 January 2012.
  
  