Fr. Varghese is a native of Imphal, India, currently serving as the pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. Fr. Varghese was ordained in 1985 and worked in that archdiocese for a number of years both as a parish priest and rector of St. Thomas Seminary in the northeastern state of Manipur. His first assignment in the United States was at St. Denis parish in Yonkers, N.Y. He served as parochial vicar from 1995-2000. He has served in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis parishes of St. Michael the Archangel, Sacred Heart and St. Joseph, as well as the chaplain of the Federal Prison in Terre Huate.