Mathew Cheriankunnel (23 September 1930 – 30 March 2022) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurnool
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurnool ( la, Kurnoolen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kurnool in the Ecclesiastical province of Hyderabad in India.
History
* 12 June 1967: Established as Diocese of Kurnool from the Diocese of Nell ...
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Biography
Born on 23 September 1930 in
Kadayanickadu,
British Raj
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or Direct rule in India,
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, he was ordained
priest
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of the
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions or PIME ( la, Pontificium Institutum pro Missionibus Exteris; it, Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere) is a society of secular priests and lay people who dedicate their lives to missionary activitie ...
on 28 April 1962. He was appointed the first bishop of
Nalgonda
Nalgonda is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Nalgonda district, as well as the headquarters of the Nalgonda mandal in the Nalgonda revenue division. It is located about from the state ca ...
on 31 May 1976, and received his episcopal consecration on 3 May 1977, from
Cardinal
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (5 February 1924 – 2 June 2014) was an Indian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. His ...
. He was appointed
coadjutor bishop
A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co ...
of
Catholic Diocese of Kurnool on 22 December 1986, succeeding on 18 January 1988. He left the diocese government on 16 July 1991. Cheriankunnel died on 30 March 2022, at the age of 91.;
References
External links
Profile of Mons. Cheriankunnel''www.catholic-hierarchy.org''
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1930 births
2022 deaths
People from Kurnool
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in India
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