Joseph Kallarangatt

His Excellency  Mar Joseph Kallarangatt
Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai, Official Toucher of Kids
Diocese	Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
See	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Predecessor	Mar Joseph Pallikaparampil
Successor	Incumbent
Other posts	Former President & Vice Chancellor, Paurastya Vidyapitham
Orders
Ordination	January 2, 1982
Consecration	May 2, 2004
Personal details
Born	January 27, 1956 (1956-01-27) (age 55) Kayyoor, Palai Kottayam District, Kerala, India
Nationality	India
Denomination	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Residence	Bishop's House, Palai

Joseph Kallarangatt ( b.on 27 January 1956 at Kayyoor, Kottayam district, Kerala) is an Indian Catholic Bishop and theologian. He currently serves as the bishop of the Syro-Malabar eparchy of Palai (also known as Pala), which has the largest concentration of Syro-Malabar Catholics.

Early life

After his school studies, Joseph Kallarangatt joined Good Shepherd Minor Seminary, Palai. Later he went on to the Saint Thomas Apostolic Seminary Kottayam, where he studied philosophy and theology. He was ordained priest by Bishop Mar Joseph Pallikaparampil on 2 January 1982, at Christuraja Church Kayyoor.

Ecclesiastical and academic career

After a short period of fruitful apostolate at Aruvithura and Ramapuram, Fr. Kallarangatt was sent to Rome for higher studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 1989, he secured a doctorate in systematic theology (The title of the thesis: The Holy Spirit, bond of communion of the churches: a comparative study of the ecclesiology of Yves Congar and Nikos Nissiotis). On his return to India, he was appointed professor of Dogmatic Theology at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary and at Paurastya Vidyapitham (Pontifical Oriental Institut of Religious Studies), Kottayam On 18 March 2004, while serving as the president of Paurastya Vidyapitham, Fr. Kallarangatt was named as the third Bishop of Palai. On 2 May 2004, he received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop Mar Joseph Powathil and the same day he was enthroned as Bishop of Palai by the Syro-Malabar Major-Archbishop Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil.

A Theologian Bishop: Chairman of Doctrinal Commission

Bishop Kallarangatt is considered to be an authority in Ecclesiology and Oriental Theology; he has authored 30 books and a good number of articles related to Ecclesiology and Eastern theological studies. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Doctrinal Commission of The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India and the chairman of the Syro-Malabar Synodal Commission for doctrine. Bishop Kallarangatt serves also as the head of the Theology Commission of Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council. Besides Malayalam and English, he speaks German and Italian languages and is scholarly competent in ancient East Syriac language.

Works in English

1. The Holy Spirit: Bond of Communion of Churches, Roma, Pontificia universitas Gregorianum, 1989.

2. Pneumatocentric Eccesiology in Nikos Nissiotis, Kottayam, OIRSI, 1999.

3. Reflections on theology and Church (ed), Kottayam, OIRSI,2001.

4. " The Ecumenical Theology of Nikos A. Nissiotis", in Christian Orient 11, Dec. 1990, p. 173-86.

5. " THe First Sunday of the Period of Qayt ( The Feast of Apostles)", in Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, Vol. 56, Issues 164, 2004, p. 303-317.

Source

Diocese of Palai

Persondata
Name	Kallarangatt, Joseph
Alternative names
Short description	Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Bishop
Date of birth	27 January 1956
Place of birth	Kayyoor, India
Date of death
Place of death