Fr. Bejoy Thomas Valliyil , CMI, was born and brought up in a traditional Catholic family in Kerala, the southern state of India. He attended scholl in his hometown of Kothamangaal. He joined the seminary and studied  in Dharmaram Pontifical Athaneum in Bangalore. He was ordained as a missionary Catholic priest in the Carmelite order ( Carmelites of Mary Immaculate) in 2010. He worked in a parish church in Kerla and served in a school as a Principal and Administrator. He has degrees in Philosophy and Theology. He has a B. Ed in Education as well as a Masters in Economics from Mahatma Gandi Universitry. He has also studied Counselin and Psychotherapy.