Jacob Angadiath
Mar Jacob Angadiath (born September 26, 1945) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church; he was serving as the first bishop of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago from July 2001 until his retirement on July 3, 2022.[1]
Jacob Angadiath | |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago | |
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| Church | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago |
| Appointed | March 13, 2001 |
| Installed | July 1, 2001 |
| Retired | July 3, 2022 |
| Predecessor | First Eparch |
| Successor | Mar Joy Alappatt |
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| Ordination | January 5, 1972 |
| Consecration | July 1, 2001 by Varkey Vithayathil, Joseph Pallikaparampil, and Kuriakose Kunnacherry |
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| Born | September 26, 1945 Periappuram, Travancore, British India |
| Previous post(s) | Vicar |
| Motto | To love, to serve |
| Styles of Jacob Angadiath | |
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| Spoken style | Mar |
| Religious style | Eparch |
Biography
Angadiath was born on October 26, 1945, at Periappuram in the princely state of Cochin (modern day Ernakulam District, Kerala) 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.[2]
See also
Episcopal succession
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| West Syriac, legacy of the Patriarchate of Antioch |
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| East Syriac, legacy of the Church of the East (the "Nestorian Church") (410–1552) |
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| Saint Thomas Christians, legacy of the Malankara Church (active 1st century–1601) in Kerala, India |
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References
- "Bishop Jacob Angadiath". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- "Bishop Mar Jacob Angadiath | St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Diocese". www.stthomasdiocese.org. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
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