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Antony Padiyara was born on 11 February, 1921 in Manimala, Travancore, is a Head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church from 1985 to 1996. Discover Antony Padiyara's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 11 February, 1921
Birthday 11 February
Birthplace Manimala, Travancore
Date of death 2000
Died Place Kakkanad, Kerala, India
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1921

Mar Antony Padiyara (11 February 1921 – 23 March 2000) was a Syro Malabar Major Archbishop and cardinal.

He was the First Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

1945

Born in Manimala, Travancore, Antony Padiyara studied at St. Peter's Regional Seminary in Bangalore and was ordained to the priesthood on 19 December 1945.

1946

He was incardinated into the Latin Rite Diocese of Coimbatore, where he served as curate at Peria Kodiveri and pastor at Kollegal and Ootacamund between 1946 and 1952.

1952

He became rector of the minor seminary in 1952 and a professor at St. Peter's Regional Seminary in 1954.

1955

On 3 July 1955, Padiyara was appointed Bishop of Ootacamund by Pope Pius XII.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following 16 October from Bishop René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, with Bishop Francis Xavier Muthappa and Archbishop Matthew Kavukattu serving as co-consecrators.

1962

After attending the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, Padiyara returned to the Syro-Malabar Rite.

1970

On 13 June 1970 he was promoted to Archbishop of Changanassery.

1976

He was elected Vice President of the Indian Episcopal Conference (1976), President of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (1983), and President of the Syro-Malabar Bishops Conference (1984).

1978

In one of the acts of his short-lived papacy, Pope John Paul I named him Apostolic visitor to the Syro-Malabar Catholics in Kerala on 8 September 1978.

1985

He was Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly from 1985 to 1996, having previously served as Bishop of Ootacamund (1955–1970) and Archbishop of Changanassery (1970–1985).

Padiyara was appointed Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly by Pope John Paul II on 23 April 1985.

1988

He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988.

He was created cardinal priest of S. Maria "Regina Pacis" a Monte Verde in the consistory of 28 June 1988.

1992

When the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly was elevated to the rank of a major archdiocese on 16 December 1992, Padiyara became a Major Archbishop and thus head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

During this period, the powers of Major Archbishop were also vested in the Pontifical Delegate Mar Abraham Kattumana (1992–1995).

Within the Roman Curia, he was a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Oriental Canon Law.

1996

After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, he resigned as Major Archbishop on 11 November 1996, after eleven years of service.

1998

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998.

He later died at the Cardinal Padiyara Nature Cure Centre in Kakkanad, which he himself had founded, aged 79.

He is buried in St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Ernakulam.