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Charles Lavigne (1840 - 1913)
Charles Lavigne S.J., was born on 6.11.1840 at
Sarlette in France. He was ordained for the titular see of Milevia and was
appointed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam in 1887. He was transferred to
the Diocese of Trincomalee in the year1896 and he died on July 11, 1913 in
France.
Mar Mathew Makil (1851-1914)
Mar Mathew Makil was born on 10.4.1851 at Manjoor
in Kottayam District. He was appointed Vicar General for the Southists in the
Vicariate of Kottayam in 1889. When the Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam and
Trichur were re-organized into Trichur, Ernakulam and Changanassery in 1896, he
was nominated Titular Bishop of Trallus and appointed Vicar Apostolic of
Changanassery. In 1911, a new Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam was constituted
exclusively for the Knanaya Catholics and Mar Mathew Makil was transferred to
Kottayam as Vicar Apostolic. He died at Kottayam on
26-1-1914
Mar Alexander Chulaparambil (1877-1951)
Mar Alexander Chulaparambil was born on 14-10-1877
at Kumarakom in Kottayam District. He was ordained priest on December 22, 1906.
He was nominated titular bishop of Bussaries and appointed Vicar Apostolic of
Kottayam on the 16th of July, 1914 by His Holiness Pope St Pius X. When the Syro
Malabar hierarchy was constituted on December 21, 1923 he became the Bishop of
Kottayam. He died on January 8, 1951.
Mar Thomas Tharayil (1899-1975)
Mar Thomas Tharayil was born on May 5, 1899 at
Palathuruth in Kottayam District and was ordained priest on the 18th of December
1926. He was nominated Bishop of Azota and appointed Co-Adjutor Bishop of
Kottayam on June 9, 1945 by His Holiness Pope Pius XII. At the demise of Mar
Alexander Chulaparambil he became the Bishop of Kottayam on the 8th of January,
1951. He was an educationist. During his episcopacy two colleges - B.C.M.
Kottayam, St. Stephens Uzhavoor - were established. He retired from the office
on May 5, 1974 and died on July 26,1975.
Mar Kuriakose Kunnacherry
Mar Kuriakose Kunnacherry was born on the 11th of
September,1928 at Kaduthuruthy in Kottayam District. He was ordained priest on
the 21st of December,1955 in Rome. He received doctorate in Civil and Canon Laws
from the University of Lateran in Rome and Master’s degree in Politics from USA.
He was nominated bishop of Kepha and appointed Co-Adjutor Bishop of Kottayam on
9th December 1967. On February 24,1968 he received Episcopal Ordination at
Sacred Heart Mount, Kottayam from His Eminence Cardinal Maximillian de
Furstenberg, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. At the
retirement of Mar Thomas Tharayil, he took charge of the Diocese of Kottayam on
the 5th of May,1974. In addition to Malayalam and English he knows Italian,
Latin, French, German and Syriac. He has served the regional, national and
Universal Church in various capacities. He was a member of the Pontifical
Commission for the Codification of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
and a member of the Pontifical Council for Inter- religious Dialogue. He served
as the Chairman of the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Dialogue Commission of the
Catholic Bishops' Conference of India several times.
He was the Chairman of the St Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary, Alwaye and is now
the Chairman of the St Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor and Vice
Chancellor of the Paurastiya Vidya-pitham, Vadavathoor. He has held offices in
the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council and the Syro-Malabar Bishops' Conference.
He was a member of permanent synod of the Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Church and
member of commission for Ecumenism and particular law.
By the decree “God our loving father” dated May 9, 2005, the Major Archbishop
Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil appointed Mar Kuriakose Kunnacherry as the first
metropolitan of the newly erected metropolitan see of Kottayam. On June 3, 2005
Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil ordained and enthroned Mar Kuriakose Kunnacherry
as the Metropolitan of Kottayam at a liturgical service in Christ the King
Cathedral, Kottayam.
Mar Mathew Moolakkatt, O. S. B.
He was born on February 27,1953 at Uzhavoor in Kottayam District. He was
ordained priest on the 27th December, 1978. He has B.Sc., B. Ed., M.A. in
Sociology and doctorate in Canon Law. In 1994 he joined the Vallombrosan
Benedictine Monastery and made the Final Profession on December 5, 1998. On
December 28, 1998 he was nominated Bishop of Holler and appointed Auxiliary
Bishop of Kottayam. He received the Episcopal Ordination on 6th January, 1999
from His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Later on August 15, 2003 H. H. Pope John
Paul II appointed Mar Mathew Moolakatt as Co-adjutor Bishop of the Eparchy of
Kottayam. He is now serving as the member of CBCI Commission for Justice Peace
and Development. He is the member of the K.C.B.C Commission for Youth. Presently
he is a member of permanent synod of the Syro-Malabar church and also a member
of the liturgical commission. He is also a synodal commission member of St.
Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor and Good Shephered Major Seminary,
Kunnoth.
MAR JOSE PANDARASSERIL
Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam
PRELATE FROM THE ARCHEPARCHY
Most Rev. Dr. Abraham Viruthakulangara
Archbishop of Nagpur
Archbishop’s House
Mohan Nagar, Nagpur-440 001
Tel: 0712-2533239; 2560780 (P)
Fax: 0712 - 2527906, Mob. 09890154188
E-mail: abpabrah_nag@sancharnet.in
archdnag@sancharnet.in
Born at Kallara on : 05-06-1943
Ordained Priest on : 28-10-1969
Consecrated as Bishop of Khandwa : 13-07-1977
Transferred as Archbishop of Nagpur : 19-02-1998
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