Province Kerala Died 1998, Wamba, Kenya Ordination December 20, 1942 Name Joseph Kundukulam Consecration June 4, 1970 | Nationality India Predecessor George Alapatt Term ended 11 November 1996 Successor Jacob Thoomkuzhy | |
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Diocese Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur See Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Born 26 September 1917
Parappur, Thrissur, British India (present-day Kerala, India) ( 1917-09-26 ) Buried Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur Place of burial Our Lady of Lourdes Syro-Malabar Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur | ||
Mar Joseph Kundukulam 'പാവങ്ങളുടെ പിതാവ്'
Mar Joseph Kundukulam was the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur from (1970 - 1997). Kundukulam was succeeded by Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy. Kundukulam retired as Archbishop in 1997 and died at Wamba, Kenya on 26 April 1998. His dead body was taken back to Kerala by a special aircraft and was buried at Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur on 29 April 1998.
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