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Mar Jacob Angadiath (born September 26, 1945) is an Indian
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of the
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; he was serving as the first
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of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago from July 2001 until his retirement on July 3, 2022.


Biography

Angadiath was born on October 26, 1945, at Periappuram in the princely state of Cochin (modern day
Ernakulam District Ernakulam, ; ISO: ''Eṟaṇākuḷaṁ'', in Malayalam: എറണാകുളം), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, that takes its name from the eponymous city division in Kochi. It is situated in the central part ...
,
Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
) in India. He was sent to Dallas, Texas, in 1984 under the auspices of the Overseas Mission of the Syro-Malabar Church to initiate a Syro-Malabar ministry in the United States.


See also

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Episcopal succession


References


External links


Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago Official Site
1945 births Living people Indian emigrants to the United States Syro-Malabar bishops Eastern Catholic bishops in the United States 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops {{India-RC-bishop-stub