Mar Aloysius Pazheparambil

Mar Aloysius (Louis) Pazheparambil (b. at Pulinkunnoo, 25 March 1847; d. at Ernakulam, 9 December 1919) was the Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam in the Syro-Malabar Church. Originally a monk of the Syrian Carmelites, he was expelled along with nine others in 1875 from the religious order by the local bishop for writing to the Pope asking for an Indian bishop to rule his church. Later in 1896 he became one of three Indian bishops appointed to rule over the three Vicariates Apostolic newly created in his church.

His epitaph, written by his episcopal successor Mar Augustine Kandathil^[1], reads:

`A Prelate specially devoted to the Blessed Virgin, simple in ways, frugal in habits, ever devoted to the interests of his Rite and Nation, steadfast of purpose, yet tactful in action, a scholar, a linguist, a historian, and a diplomat, he was a great Indian.'

Further reading

• I. C. Chacko, Illiparambil: Mar Louis Pazheparambil: Jeevithavum Kaalavum, Trivandrum, 1937.

Notes

1. ^ Fr. George Thalian: The Great Archbishop Mar Augustine Kandathil, D. D.: the Outline of a Vocation, Mar Louis Memorial Press, 1961. (Postscript) (PDF)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by none	Bishop of Ernakulam Later Archbishop of Ernakulam 1896–1919	Succeeded by Mar Augustine Kandathil

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Name	Pazheparambil, Mar Aloysius
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Date of birth	25 March 1847
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Date of death	9 December 1919
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