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By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, May 30, 2023: Road accidents have claimed the lives of a Catholic priest and a nun in two separate incidents in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Father Manoj (Abraham) Ottaplackal was killed on the spot and three other priests were wounded May 29 whenContinue Reading

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By P A Chacko Sahibganj, March 19, 2023: The Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry Mar Joseph Pamplany’s unexpected overture to the BJP to help to get a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala at the 2024 General Elections is a politically opportunistic public statement. “If the government raises the price of rubberContinue Reading

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By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, June 28, 2022: A Syro-Malabar archdiocese in Kerala has defrocked a priest who reportedly married a Hindu woman after allegedly converting to Hinduism. A June 28 “declaration” from the Tellicherry archdiocese says Father Mathew Mullappally had informed Archbishop Joseph Pamplany his “definite and non-retractable” personalContinue Reading

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By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 15, 2022: The Syro-Malabar Church on January 15 appointed new prelates for its Tellicherry archdiocese and Palghat diocese. The Oriental Catholic Church’s bishops’ synod promoted, with the papal approval, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry as the archdiocese’s new prelate. He replaces ArchbishopContinue Reading

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Thalassery: Archbishop George Njaralakatt of Tellicherry and his Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Pamplany were on October 3 admitted to a private hospital after they were tested positive for Covid-19. Two priest residents of the Archbishop’s House were also tested positive. Father Thomas Thengumpallil, the public relation officer of the southern IndianContinue Reading

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By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, June 15, 2020: The Archdiocese of Tellicherry in Kerala has suspended two priests after social media and online papers published audio clips of their debauchery. Fathers Joseph Poothottal and Mathew Mullappallil have been debarred from exercising their priestly duties amid serious allegations against them, saysContinue Reading