Joseph Cariattil

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Mar Joseph Cariattil , often also Cariati, Karyatil, Karyata, Kariattil, (born May 5, 1742 in Alangad in the Ernakulam District , India; † September 17, 1786 in Velha Goa , India) was a Thomas Christian and Roman Catholic Archbishop .

Tomb

Cariattil came from a family of Thomas Christians. He studied in Rome , where he received his doctorate in theology . With the title "Apostolic Missionary" he then worked as a professor at the seminary for Thomas Christians of the Apostolic Vicariate of Malabar in Alangad. From 1773 at the latest, he appeared as a spokesman for local Catholics.

In 1778 Cariattil traveled as head of an embassy of the Thomas Christians via Portugal to Rome to find favorable conditions for the intended church union of the non-Catholic Thomas Christians under Mar Thomas VI. with the Roman Catholic Church . Also interested in it, hoping for their own benefit, the Portuguese appointed Cariattil on December 16, 1782 Archbishop of Cranganore (today Kodungallur ), who was subordinate to them after the Padroado . He received his episcopal ordination in 1783 in Lisbon according to the Roman rite . Before taking office, he surprisingly died in Goa in 1786 on his return journey.

The appointment of a local bishop led to a reconciliation, albeit not permanent, between the Catholic Thomas Christians and the Portuguese church organization in India.

During their stay in Rome in 1779, Joseph Cariattil and his companion and later successor Thomman Paremakkal († 1799) submitted a petition to the Congregation for Canonization regarding the canonization of the local martyr Devasahayam Pillai , which at the time was unsuccessful. In 1984, the efforts supported by Cariattil and his Latin contemporary, Bishop Clemens Joseph Colaco Leitao , were resumed and concluded on December 2, 2012 with the beatification .

literature

  • Cathanar Thomman Paremmakkal: The Varthamanappusthakam (= Orientalia Christiana Analecta 190). Edited and translated by Placid J. Podipara . Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Rome 1971.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cosme Jose Costa: A Missiological Conflict Between Padroado and Propaganda in the East. Pilar Publications, 1997, p. 19 ( Google Books Preview ).
  2. ↑ “The Varthamanappusthakam” written by Cathanar Thomman Paremmakkal. Book review with information on the biography of Thomman Paremakkal on the NSC Network.
personal data
SURNAME Cariattil, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karyatil, Karyata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian Thomas Christian and Roman Catholic Archbishop
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH Alangad , Ernakulam District , India
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1786
Place of death Goa