Alexander Chulaparambil
{{Short description|Indian bishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = bishop
| honorific-prefix = Mar
| name = Alexander Choolaparambil
| honorific-suffix = Bishop
| title = Bishop of Kottayam (1923–1951)
Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam (1914–1923)
| image =Alexander Chulaparambil1.png
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| diocese = Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam
| see = Kottayam
| appointed = 16 July 1914
| term_start = 1 November 1914
| term_end = 8 January 1951
| predecessor = Matthew Makil
| successor = Thomas Tharayil
| other_post =
| ordination = 22 December 1906
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| consecration = 1 November 1914
| consecrated_by = Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski
| rank = Bishop
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1877|10|14}}
| birth_place = Kumarakom
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1951|1|8|1877|10|14}}
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| nationality = Indian
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Bishop Alexander Choolaparambil (14 October 1877 – 8 January 1951) was born in Kumarakom, India. Ordained a priest in 1906, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam and then bishop of Busiris that same year. In 1923 Mar Choolaparampil became bishop of Kottayam, dying in that capacity in 1951.
External links
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchul.html Alexander Choolaparampil] at Catholic-Hierarchy
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Category:20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops
Category:Archbishops of Kottayam
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