Joseph Kureethara

{{Short description|Indian bishop}}

{{Infobox bishop

| honorific_prefix = His Excellency

| name = Joseph Kureethara

| title = Catholic Bishop

| image =

| diocese = Roman catholic Diocese Of Cochin

| predecessor = Alexander Edezath

| successor = John Thattumkal

| appointed = 29 Aug 1975

| began = 21 December 1975 [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkure.html]

| ended = 6 January [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkure.html]

| ordained_by = Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian) [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkure.html]

| consecration = 21 Dec 1975

| consecrated_by = Archbishop Joseph Kelanthara [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkure.html]

| death_date = 6 Jan 1999[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkure.html]

| nationality = Indian

| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Verapoly

}}

{{Infobox cardinal styles

| name= Joseph Kureethara

| dipstyle= The Right Reverend

| offstyle=The Right Reverend

| relstyle= Bishop

| See=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin (Emeritus)

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| image_size =

}}

Bishop Joseph Kureethara (2 July 1929 - 6 January 1999 in Palluruthy, Cochin) was the 33rd bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin.{{Cite web |title=Bishop Joseph Kureethara [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkure.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}{{Cite web |date=2012-04-21 |title=Bio- data - Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Kureethara, Bishop of Cochin 1975 - 1999. |url=http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/channel/bio-data.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019125314fw_/http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/channel/bio-data.htm |archive-date=2007-10-19 |website=Diocese Of Cochin}}