Monsignor Dennis Kuruppassery was consecrated as the Auxiliary Bishop of Kannur on November 10, 2024, at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kannur, South India. The episcopal ordination ceremony was led by Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, with Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, and Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of Verapoly serving as co-consecrators. Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal, the first prelate of Kannur, delivered the homily.