Jacob Angadiath
Indian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1945)
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Mar Jacob Angadiath (born October 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 |
| Previous post | Vicar |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | January 5, 1972 |
| Consecration | July 1, 2001 by Varkey Vithayathil, Joseph Pallikaparampil, and Kuriakose Kunnacherry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 26, 1945 Periappuram, Travancore, British India |
| 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. On July 25, 1992, the St Thomas Syro Malabar Mission Dallas was the first church to be consecrated with Fr. Jacob Angadiath as the first pastor. [2]
