Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara
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- Also known as
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Cyriacus Elias Chavara
Cyriac Elias Chavara
- Memorial
- 3 January
- Profile
- Entered the seminary in 1818; ordained in 1829.
Co-founder and first prior-general of the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
The main work of the Congregation is education aiming at the intellectual, social, economic, moral and spiritual advancement of people, especially women and children; it works today in 8 countries with almost 5,000 members.
Made his religious profession in the Congregation in 1855.
Vicar-general for the Syro-Malabar church in 1861.
Defended ecclesial unity which was threatened by schism by the consecration of Nestorian bishops in his area.
Worked to renew the faith in Malabar.
Co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Mother of Carmel in 1866.
A man of prayer with a devotion to the Eucharista and the Virgin Mary.
- Born
- 10 February 1805 at Kainakary, Kersala, India
- Died
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3 January 1871 at Koonammuva, India of natural causes
body transferred to Mannanam in 1889
- Beatified
- 8 February 1986 by Pope John Paul II at Kottayam, India
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization fo Blessed Kuriakose, contact
Father Probus Perumalil CMI
Vice Postulator
Chavara Office
Saint Joseph's Monastery
Mannanam, Kottayam, Kerala, India-686 561
phone/0481-598150
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
CarmelNet
CarmelNet
Carmelite Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours
Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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