Rev. Fr. Davis Chiramel, popularly known as the Kidney Priest, is an Indian Catholic priest and the founder of the Accident Care and Transport Service (ACTS) and the

Kidney Federation of India The Kidney Federation of India (Malayalam: കിഡ്‌നി ഫെഡറേഷന്‍ ഇന്ത്യ KFI) is a non-government charitable foundation working for patients with renal problems, located in Thrissur city of Kerala, India. It ...

. He currently serves under the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Trichur-Palayoor, in Thrissur District of Central Kerala, India, with nearly half a million Syro-Malabar Catholics now, used to be the largest Catholic diocese in India when it included the Syro-Malaba ...

Early life

Davis was born at

Aranattukara Aranattukara is a town situated in the city Thrissur, in Kerala, India. Aranattukara is the 51st ward of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation, an Indian civic body. Location It is surrounded by the localities of Laloor, Poothole, Vadookara, Kot ...

on 30 December 1960 as the son of Chiramel Chakkunni and Kochannam. He did schooling at Tharakan’s High school,

and later went to St. Mary's Minor Seminary, Thope,

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

city and to Aluva Ponitifical Seminary for further studies. Archbishop Mar

Joseph Kundukulam Mar Joseph Kundukulam (26 September 1917 – 26 April 1998) was the first metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, from 1970 to 1997. Kundukulam was succeeded by Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy. Kundukulam retired as ...

ordained Davis to priesthood on 30 December 1988 at St Thomas Church,

Kidney donation

Known famously as the ‘Kidney Priest’, Fr. Chiramel has been singularly responsible for half a million people in India pledging their kidneys for donation post-mortem. He himself donated a kidney to a man of the Hindu faith. He chairs the Kidney Federation of India, and serves as the general secretary of Accident Care and Transport Service (ACTS).

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