Kariattil Iousep
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| Other post(s) | Apostolic Missionary from Urban university Rome |
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| Ordination | 25 March 1766 |
| Consecration | 17 February 1783 |
| Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
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| Born | Joseph 5 May 1742 Alangad (Mangat) |
| Died | 10 September 1786 (aged 44) Goa |
| Buried | St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Church, Alangad |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Parents | Pailey and Mariam |
| Previous post(s) | East Syriac Aramaic Malpan of Alangad Malpanate. |
| Education | Doctorates in Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law. |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Urban University, Rome |
Kariattil Mar Iousep, alternatively written as Mar Joseph Kariattil, (5 May 1742 – 10 September 1786) was the first native Indian to be appointed as
Joseph Kariattil was born at
Propaganda College of Pontifical Urban University, Rome, in 1755 when he was barely 13 years old. There he was ordained as a priest, and he took doctorate in philosophy, Theology and Canon law from there. He was the first Indian national in history to receive multiple doctoral degrees in 18th century.[2] Before 1765 he also authored, under the pen-name of Giuseppe Chariati Indiano, a grammar of the Malayalam language in Portuguese, preserved in the Bibliotheca Nazionale in Rome.[3]
He returned to India in 1766. He was then appointed as a Malpan at Alangad Malpanate Seminary.
Kariattil Malpan took great efforts for the reunion of the
Kodungalloor) by Emeritus Archbishop of Goa Mar Francisco De Abasouda, Bishop of Macau Mar Alexandreous and Bishop of Mayya Mar Warthulma at Sao Bento monastery church in Lisbon. On 16 December 1782 Pope Pius VI confirmed his appointment by Queen as Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Kodungalloor, thus imprinting in the history of Archdiocese as the first native Archbishop of Mar Thoma Nazranis of Malankara. On 17 March 1783 he revived the sacred Pallium of Metropolitan Archbishop from Pope Pius VI. At the same time he also received all the privileges and authority to unite Mar Thoma VI and puthenkoor faction to Catholic Church. However, on his way back to India, he died at Goa
on 10 September 1786. He was initially buried there and later his mortal remains were transferred to Alangad and were re-interred at St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Alangad in 1961.
He is the author of two books, viz. Vedatharkkam (Dialectics on Theology) (1768) and Noticias do Reino do Malabar (1780).[5]
He had also issued an official Letter of Archbishop on 16 July 1783.
See also
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
- List of Syro-Malabar Catholics
- Timeline of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
- Christianity in India
- Saint Thomas Christians
External links
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ See the MS. Bibl. Naz. Ges. 963, and Matteo Migliorelli, ”La contribución de una fuente de lingüística misionera para la investigación acerca de la transferencia lingüística: un estudio de caso” (The contribution of a Missionary Linguistics source to the research of crosslinguistic influence: a case study), Revista argentina de historiografía lingüística XII, 2, 2020, pp. 103-123.
- ^ "The Syro-Malabar Church". Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ Mar Joseph Kariattil Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
References
- Mar Joseph Kariattil
- St Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India – Edited by George Menachery, Vol.2 (1973).
- History of Christianity in India – Mundadan, A. Mathias (1984).
- Indian Church History Classics,Vol 1, Ed. George Menachery: The Nazranies (1998).
- Vathamaanappusthakam, Thomas Paremakkal (Malayalam) Various Editions. Eng. Tr. by Placid Podipara, Rome.
- Sanghasmrithi(Vol II). Nazrani Pazhama(Part-1). Author: Dr Ignatious Payyapilly (2019).
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