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Mar Kuriakos Kunnacherry was
born on the 11th of September,
1928 at Kaduthuruthy in Kottayam
Distrect. He was Ordained priest
on the 21st of December, 1955 in
Rome. He received Doctorate in
Civil and Canon Laws from the
University of Latern 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, Priefect of the
Congregation for the Orintal
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 Eastern Churches
and a member of Pontifical
Council for Inter-religious
Dialogue. He served as the
Chairman if the Ecumenical and
Inter-religious Dialogue
Commission of the Catholic
Bishop's Conference of India
several times.
He was the Chairman of the St.
Joseph's Pontifical Seminary,
Alwaye and Chairman of the St.
Thomas Apostolic Seminary,
Vadavathoor. He was the Vice
Chancellor of the Paurastiya
Vidya-pitham, Vadavathoor. He
has held offices in Kerala
Catholic Bishop's Council and
the Syro-Malabar Bishop's
Conference. He was a member of
permanent synod of the Syro-Malabar
Archiepiscopal Church and member
of Commission for Ecumenism and
particular Law.
He Retired from office on
Jan 14, 2006. |
