| Joseph Pandarasseril | |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1961 |
| Auxiliary of Kottayam | |
| Honorific Prefix: | Mar |
| Church: | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Kottayam |
| Type: | Metropolitan Archbishop |
| Appointed: | September 21, 2006 |
| Ordination: | December 28, 1987 |
| Consecrated By: | Kuriakose Kunnacherry, Mathew Moolakkatt, and Baselios Cleemis |
| Consecration: | October 28, 2006 |
| Birth Place: | Ettumanoor,Kottayam |
Mar Joseph Pandarasseril is the Auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam . He was elected by the synod of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church as the Auxiliary Bishop on September 21, 2006.
Prior to his appointment, He served as Chancellor, Eparchial Judge, Eparchial Consulter, and the Vicar General for the Syro Malabar Knanaya Faithful.[1] He studied Canon Law at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and took Licentiate Degree in 1995.
He was appointed on September 21, 2006, to succeed the new archbishop Mathew Moolakkatt as his successor in the role of Auxiliary Bishop. He was consecrated by the Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Baselios Cleemis, Archbishop Emeritus Kuriakose Kunnacherry, and Moolakkatt.[2]