Kariattil Iousep


Joseph Kariattil
Metropolitan Archbishop of Kodungallūr
Metropolitan and Gate of All India Mar Joseph Kariyatti
Native name
Kuriap
ChurchSyro-Malabar Church
ArchdioceseKodungallūr
Appointed16 December 1782
Term ended10 September 1786
PredecessorParambil Mar Chandy as the head of the Syro-Malabar Church
Successor
Other post(s)Apostolic Missionary from Urban university Rome
Previous post(s)East Syriac Aramaic Malpan of Alangad Malpanate.
Orders
Ordination25 March 1766
Consecration17 February 1783
RankMetropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born
Joseph

5 May 1742
Alangad (Kerala,India)
Died10 September 1786(1786-09-10) (aged 44)
Goa
BuriedSt. Mary's Syro-Malabar Church, Alangad
NationalityIndian
ParentsPailey and Mariam
EducationDoctorates in Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law.
Alma materPontifical 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 Metropolitan of Kodungalloor (Cranganore) for Syrian Catholics in the territory now comprising Kerala, India.[1]

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