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Varkey Vithayathil was born on 29 May, 1927 in North Parur, Travancore, is a Head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church from 1999 to 2011. Discover Varkey Vithayathil'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 83 years old?

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Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 29 May, 1927
Birthday 29 May
Birthplace North Parur, Travancore
Date of death 1 April, 2011
Died Place Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Nationality India

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1732

Born to Joseph Vithayathil and Thresiamma Manadan in North Parur, Travancore, he became a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), a religious congregation founded by Alphonsus Ligouri in 1732.

1927

Varkey Vithayathil CSsR (29 May 1927 – 1 April 2011) was an Indian cardinal who served as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly from 1999 to 2011.

He was also a religious priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.

1954

He was ordained as a priest on 12 June 1954.

He was granted a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome on The Origin and Progress of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy.

He taught for 25 years at the Redemptorist seminary in Bangalore.

1972

In 1972 he took his master's degree in philosophy from Karnataka University.

He also taught different subjects in several other seminaries in Bangalore.

1978

From 1978 to 1984 he was the Provincial Superior of the Redemptorist Provinces of India and Sri Lanka.

1984

Then, from 1984 to 1985 he was President of the India Conference of Religious.

1990

In 1990, he was appointed as the Apostolic Administrator of the Asirvanam Benedictine Monastery in Bangalore by Pope John Paul II.

1996

He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly on 11 November 1996 and was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 1997.

1999

Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and Head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, on 23 December 1999.

2001

Pope John Paul II appointed Varkey Vithayathil a member of the Sacred College of Cardinals on 21 January 2001, and raised him to that dignity at the Consistory of 21 February 2001 becoming Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme.

2003

The sacerdotal golden jubilee of Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil was celebrated under the auspices of the Syro-Malabar church on 8 November 2003.

The jubilee was inaugurated on 12 June 2003 and was concluded on 12 June 2004.

Varkey Vithayathil supported proposals to solemnly proclaim a fifth Marian dogma on the co-redemption and mediation of graces, saying it would be beneficial to the Church and that it would have positive ecumenical effects.

2005

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.

2008

In February 2008 he was elected President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India and held the presidency from 19 February 2008 to 3 March 2010.

2011

He died suddenly from a massive heart attack on 1 April 2011.

He had suffered from prolonged heart problems for some time and died about 2:00 pm of sudden and irreversible cardiac arrest from the heart attack at Lisie Hospital in Ernakulam, where he had been hurriedly taken after fainting while celebrating Mass at noon in his chapel in the Major Archbishop's house, in Ernakulam.

The funeral was held on 10 April 2011 at St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam.