By Matters India Reporter
Kolkata, Sept 14, 2020: A renowned moral theologian and a priest of the Archdiocese of Calcutta died September 14.
Father Mervyn Carapiet died suddenly, said condolence message from the Archdiocese of Calcutta. He was 87.
Father Carapiet, a preacher, teacher and writer par excellence, was serving St. Thomas Church in Kolkata’s Middleton Row after retirement.
His columns in the Kolkata-based The Herald, the oldest Catholic weekly in India ” were always thought-provoking. His dry sense of humor caught many off guards.
Parishioners of St. Thomas would look forward to the devotional Holy Hour he conducted on Fridays.
“The Archdiocese of Calcutta has lost a holy and devout Priest. He will be missed. May his soul rest in peace,” the press note said.
Funeral Mass and interment will take place at St John’s Church, Sealdah, Kolkata at 10 am on September 15.
He was born on July 10, 1933.
For many years, he was a resident professor of moral theology and formator at Morning Star Regional Seminary, Barrackpore, Kolkata.
He was a prolific writer. Most of his writing dealt with Christian Theological matters, homilies and moral issues. He used to blog since 2009.
Some of his books include “The tension anthropology of Vatican II” (1978) and “The Virtues” (1985).
He wrote thousands of articles in leading theological journals including “Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection”, “Indian Journal of Theology” and several Catholic publications.
In 1995, Father Carapiet was one of the speakers at the next general assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of the Latin Rite in Calcutta.
He did his college education was at St. Joseph’s College, Bow Bazar, Kolkata from 1941 to 1951.