Fr. Jomi Chacko was born in India and raised in a devout Catholic household. His father is a farmer and his mother is a homemaker. Fr Jomi has 2 younger siblings. A sister who is married and has 2 beautiful girls and a brother who is an accountant.
Fr Jomi joined the Discalced Carmelite Order (OCD) in 1999, and was ordained a Carmelite Religious Priest (OCD) in 2013.
In 2014, Fr Jomi was appointed as Parish Priest in the Archdiocese of Trivandrum in India and served as Assistant Manager of St Joseph’s Printing Press. For the last 6 years, he was serving as Assistant Parish Priest in Mount Carmel Forane Church in Bangalore in the Diocese of Mandya.
Fr Jomi arrived in Australia on April 2024 and joined the Ingham Catholic Parish in June of that year.