George Njaralakatt
{{Short description|Syro-Malabar Catholic archbishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = Mar
| name = George Njaralakatt
{{Script/Mdnh|ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ}}
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| title = Archbishop Emeritus Tellicherry
| image = archbishop_njaralakatt.jpg
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| predecessor = Archbishop Mar George Valiamattam
| successor = Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany
| ordination = 20 December 1971
| consecration = 7 April 2010
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| rank = Metropolitan Archbishop
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|6|23}}
| birth_place = Kalayanthani, Thodupuzha, Idukki District, Kerala, India
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| residence = Bishop's House, Tellicherry
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| archdiocese = Tellicherry
| church = Syro Malabar Catholic Church
| retired = 20 April 2022
| ordained_by = Mar Sebastian Vallopilly
| education = St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha
University of Mysore
Pontifical Salesian University, Rome
| elected = 29 August 2014
| term = 30 October 2014
| previous_post = Bishop of Mandya
Vicar General Diosece of Bhadravathy
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Mar George Njaralakatt (born 23 July 1946) is an archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church. He retired after serving as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tellicherry on 15 January 2022 at the age of 75.{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/new-archbishop-installed-114103001443_1.html | title=George Njaralakatt as Archbishop | access-date=30 October 2014| newspaper=Business Standard India | date=30 October 2014 | agency=Press Trust of India }}
Early life
George Njaralakatt was born to Varkey and Mary Njaralakatt on 23 June 1946 at Kalayanthani in Thodupuzha Taluk in Idukki District. His LP School studies were at St. Josephs School, Arakuzha and he completed UP at St. Marys High School near Muvattupuzha. His family migrated to Malabar in 1960 and settled in Nadavayal, Wayanad, where he completed high school studies at St. Thomas High School, Nadavayal. After highschool he joined St. Joseph's Minor Seminary Thalasserry, Tellicherry later on he completed his philosophy and theology at [https://www.mangalapuzha.org/ St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha, Aluva.] achieved a BA degree at Mysore University.{{cite web | url=http://www.mandyadiocese.org/home/inner/34 | title=Early life of Bishop George | access-date=26 December 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/bishop.php?id=21 | title=Early life of Bishop George | access-date=26 December 2013 | archive-date=27 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227103825/http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/bishop.php?id=21 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mand2.htm | title=Early life of Bishop George | access-date=26 December 2013}} He also holds a Licentiate in Catechetical Theology from Salesian Pontifical University, Rome.
Ordination
After completing college studies, he joined St. Joseph's Minor Seminary in Thalasserry in 1963. He was ordained as a priest on 20 December 1971 at Thalassery by Sebastian Valloppilly. He served as the Arakuzha from 2007 to 2010. On 18 January 2010, he was appointed the Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Mandya, in Karnataka and was consecrated on 7 April 2010 at the Infant Jesus Cathedral Church at Hinkal, Mysore. On 30 October 2014, he was raised as the Archbishop of Archdiocese of Tellicherry at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Tellicherry.{{cite web | url=http://www.diocesemdy.org/home/inner/56 | title=Ordination details | access-date=26 December 2013 }};{{cite web | url=http://www.mandyadiocese.org/home/inner/33 | title=George Njaralakatt appointed as Mandya Bishop | access-date=26 December 2013 | archive-date=14 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214171409/http://www.mandyadiocese.org/home/inner/33 | url-status=dead }};{{cite web |url=http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/mainnews_details_temp.php?id=158 |title=Appointed as Bishop of Mandya |access-date=26 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227064743/http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/mainnews_details_temp.php?id=158 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |df=dmy }};{{cite web | url=http://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.cyclopaedia.net/wiki/Njaralakatt&prev=/search%3Fq%3DBishop%2BMar%2BGeorge%2BNjaralakatt%2B-school%26start%3D10%26client%3Dfirefox-beta%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D598 | title=Details about Bishop | access-date=26 December 2013 }};{{cite web |url=http://www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org/events.php |title=Archbishop Mar George Njaralakatt Biography |access-date=13 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215124936/http://www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org/events.php |archive-date=15 February 2015 |df=dmy }};{{cite web | url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/08/29/pope_approves_appointment_of_archbishop_of_tellicherrypope__/1105484 | title=Pope approves appointment of Archbishop of Tellicherry | access-date=13 February 2015 }};{{cite web | url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/30403/pope-approves-new-bishop-for-syro-malabar-eparchy-in-india | title=Pope approves new archbishop | access-date=13 February 2015 }}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org Official Website of Archdiocese of Tellicherry]
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnjaral.html George Njaralakatt on Catholic-Hierarchy.org]
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