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Former Alleppey bishop dies

Bishop Emeritus Stephen Athipozhiyil of Alleppey passed away due to cardiac arrest on April 9, at 8.15 pm at St. Sebastian, Visitation Hospital, Arthunkal in Kerala. He was 77. Funeral was held on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at Mount Carmel Cathedral at 10.30 am.

Novice found dead in Kerala convent

Another mysterious death of a novice nun was reported from Kerala, the southern Indian state with a sizable Catholic population. The 21-year-old nun trainee had gone to room at 10:30 pm on April 1. When she did not join a special night prayer in the convent chapel, sisters went to her room and found her […]

Telugu Church loses second bishop in three days

The Catholic Church has lost another Church in the land of Telugu. Bishop Emeritus Innayya Chinna Addagatla of Srikakulam died at 11:30 pm on April 1, at the residence of the local Bishop. He was 84, says a report from Father Stephen Alathara, deputy secretary general of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India.

Telugu Church mourns death of Nalgonda’s first bishop

The Church in the undivided Andhra Pradesh on March 30 mourned the death of Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, who had sacrificed his life for Telugu people. The first Bishop of Nalgonda diocese died in the afternoon of March 30 in the regional house of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. He […]

Archdiocese begins informal documentation on India’s “apostle of Eucharist”

A Catholic archdiocese in the southern Indian state of Kerala has informally begun the documentation on Ajna George, who many now view as an apostle of Eucharist. Ajna, a member of the Jesus Youth movement and an assistant professor, died January 21 in Kochi, the commercial capital of the southern Indian state of Kerala. She […]

Catholic nun dies in road accident in West Bengal

Sister Paul Vincent, a member of the Daughters of St Anne of Calcutta died in road accident in a remote area in West Bengal state. Sister Vincent’s funeral Mass was held at 3 pm on March 28 in St. Paul the Apostle Church in Kamarchowki followed by the burial in nearby St. Anne’s Convent compound.

Indian Missionary Society’s new leader sets priorities

The newly elected leader of northern India’s first Catholic religious congregation for men says his priorities include fostering unity and missionary zeal among his people and bringing a movement of indigenized Catholicism to mainstream society. “Our community life is not perfect. Some members are indifferent. So, my first priority is to bring all the members […]

Jesuit theologian’s death saddens Indian Catholics

Father Poulose Mangai, a renow-ned professor of theology who worked among rickshaw pullers of Old Delhi area, died on March 26 after a brief hospitalization. Father Mangai was a prolific writer and editor of Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflections, Asia’s top theological publication. He was 64.

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