The Rev. Shibu Pananchikkal

Priest-in-Charge | Holy Nativity

Fr. Shibu Reginold Pananchikkal is a priest ordained in the Anglican Church of South India. After earning a bachelor's degree with a major in Commerce, he joined the Walayar CSI Church as an Evangelist (in training) in the CSI North Kerala Diocese [Church of South India, Anglican] in 2002. In 2003, he commenced studies at the Kerala United Theological Seminary, Trivandrum, Kerala, pursuing a Bachelor of Divinity Degree (M. Div), which he successfully completed in 2007. He married Amritha in 2009, and they are blessed with a 13-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl.

God has blessed him with extensive pastoral experiences gained through ministries in various churches within his Diocese. He was ordained as a presbyter in the Diocese on October 1, 2008. Following his ordination, he served as the Diocesan Christian Education General Secretary until May 2014. In 2019, he obtained a Master of Theology from the Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, and is currently pursuing Ph.D. studies in Missiology. From 2019 to 2022, he worked in a congregation affiliated with the Church of South India in Miami.

Apart from his pastoral duties, music is one of his main passions, focusing on honing his singing talent in his native language Malayalam. In 2022, he completed his Chaplain internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Tampa, Florida, and was involved in the chaplain residency program at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, Florida, before relocating to Idaho in January 2024.