Joshua Mar Ignathios (an haife shi a 24 ga Mayu 1950) shi ne Bishop na Metropolitan Bishop na Masarautar Mavelikkara na Cocin Katolika na Syro-Malankara a cikin jihar Kerala, Indiya . An haife shi a Kottarakara, gundumar Kollam a matsayin ɗan Kizhakkevettil Oommen Varghese da Polachirackal Annamma Varghese. Yayi karatun firamare a makarantar St. Mary, Kizhaketheruvu, sannan ya kammala karatunsa na sakandare a makarantar sakandaren gwamnati, Kottarakkara, a 1967. Ya shiga St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum, a 1967, kuma ya kammala karatun digirin sa a Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum. Yana da ilimin falsafa da ilimin tiyoloji a Seminary na St. Joseph, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, daga 1970-78. An nada shi a matsayin firist a ranar 2 ga Afrilu 1978 ta Babban Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios . Ya yi aiki a cikin majami'u a Kirathoor, Manjathoppu, Vimalapuram, ya ƙara Susaipuram daga 1978 zuwa 1983. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Kirista, Marthandom, Tamil Nadu, kuma ya sami digirinsa na biyu a Jami'ar Madurai Kamaraj, Tamil Nadu, a 1984.