Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - Saints and Blesseds

Saints and Blesseds

  • St. Thomas
  • Saint Alphonsa- Eparchy of Palai - canonized on 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Kuriakose Chavara - Archeparchy of Changanacherry – Founder of CMI - declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II at Kottayam, India on 8 February 1986.
  • Blessed Mariam Thressia – Eparchy of Irinjalakuda - declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II in Rome on 9 April 2000.
  • Blessed Thevarparampil Kunjachan – Eparchy of Palai - declared Blessed on 30 April 2006 by Mar Varkey Vithayathil, the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church at Ramapuram, Palai as the delegate of Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Euphrasia Eluvathingal – Eparchy of Irinjalakuda - declared Blessed on 3 December 2006 by Mar Varkey Vithayathil, the Archbishop of Thrissur at Ollur, Thrissur as the delegate of Pope Benedict XVI.




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