Antony Padiyara
Mar Antony Padiyara ܡܸܛܪܵܦܘܿܠܝܼܛܵܐ ܘܬܲܪܐ ܕܟܠ ܗܸܢܕܘܿ | |
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Mar Augustine Kandathil as the head of the Syro Malabar ChurchChanganassery | |
| Province | Metropolitan province of Changanassery |
| Diocese | Changanassery |
| Appointed | 14 Jun 1970 |
| Term ended | 23 Apr 1985 |
| Predecessor | Mathew Kavukattu |
| Successor | Joseph Powathil |
Antony Padiyara | |
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| Bishop of Ootacamund | |
| Province | Latin Metropolitan province of Madras-Mylapore |
| Diocese | Ootacamund |
| Installed | 3 Jul 1955 |
| Term ended | 14 Jun 1970 |
| Predecessor | Post established |
| Successor | Packiam Arokiaswamy |
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Mar Antony Padiyara (11 February 1921 – 23 March 2000) was a
Archbishop of Changanassery (1970–1985). He was elevated to the cardinalate
in 1988.
Biography
Born in
Ootacamund between 1946 and 1952.[2] He became rector of the minor seminary in 1952 and a professor at St. Peter's Regional Seminary in 1954.[2]
On 3 July 1955, Padiyara was appointed
short-lived papacy, Pope John Paul I named him Apostolic visitor to the Syro-Malabar Catholics in Kerala on 8 September 1978.[2]
Padiyara was appointed
Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law.[3] After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, he resigned as Major Archbishop on 11 November 1996, after eleven years of service. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998.[2]
He later died at the Cardinal Padiyara Nature Cure Centre in
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Antony Cardinal Padiyara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b c d e f Miranda, Salvador. "PADIYARA, Antony". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
- ^ "About us". Cardinal Padiyara Public School. Archived from the original on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
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