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(Syro-Malabar Catholic) priest from

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. He was declared as Servant of God by Mar Poly Kannookadan, the

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of Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda.

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1914 births 1998 deaths Malayali people Eastern Catholic Servants of God Syro-Malabar priests Christian clergy from Thrissur Archdiocese of Thrissur 20th-century venerated Christians {{India-reli-bio-stub