Mar Thomas Chakiath

Bishop  Thomas Chakiath
Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Titular Bishop of Uzippari
See	Ernakulam-Angamaly
Orders
Ordination	December 1, 1964
Consecration	April 14, 1998
Personal details
Born	September 10, 1937(1937-09-10) Moonnamparambu, Karukutty, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
Denomination	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

Mar Thomas Chakiath (born 10 September 1937) is a Syro Malabar Catholic Bishop. He is the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly.

Biography

He is the son of Chackappan and Mariam Chakiath. He attended the Sacred Heart Petit Seminary, Ernakulam and then the Pontifical Seminary, Alwaye. Chakiath was ordained priest on November 30, 1964 at the Eucharistic Congress in Bombay by Joseph Cardinal Parecattil.

From 1968 to 1972 he studied at St. Thomas Acquinas University, Angelicum, Rome, receiving a doctorate in sociology. He was a member of the K.C.B.C. Commission for Justice and Peace, and the secretary of the priests’ Senate of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam. Chakiath has been a consulter of the Archdiocese for three terms. He was the founder-director of Niveditha, Institute for Religious Formation and Fellowship.

In January 1997, Chakiath was appointed the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam. On February 17, 1998 Chakiath was nominated the Titular Bishop of Uzipari and the Bishop Auxiliary of Ernakulam Angamaly. He was consecrated Bishop on April 14, 1998 by Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil at St Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam.

References

• Profile from Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly
• Profile from Syro Malabar Church website
• Profile from Catholic Hierarchy

Persondata
Name	Chakiath, Thomas
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Date of birth	September 10, 1937
Place of birth	Karukutty, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
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