Vatican City, 24 July 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed Ref. Joy Alappat as auxiliary of the
eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Chicago of the Syro-Malabars
(Catholics 87,000, priests 53, religious 31), U.S.A. The bishop-elect
was born in Parappukara, India, in 1956 and was ordained a priest in
1981. He holds a master's degree in theology from the St.Joseph's
Pontifical Institute, Aluva, and the Adheva University, Wattair, and
completed the Clinical Pastoral Education programme at Georgetown
University, U.S.A. He has held a number of pastoral roles both in
India – in the eparchal cathedral in Chalakudy and as chaplain of
the Syro-Malabar community in Chennai – and in the U.S.A., as
chaplain of Georgetown University, and parish priest in New Milford,
Newark and Garfield. He is currently rector of the eparchal Cathedral
in Bellwood, Illinois.
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