Joseph Parecattil
Joseph Cardinal Parecattil ( Malayalam മാർ ജോസഫ് പാറേക്കാട്ടിൽ Mār Jēāsaph Pāṟēkkāṭṭil ; born April 1, 1912 in Kindagoor , Kerala ; † February 20, 1987 in Kochi , Kerala) was Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabar Church .
Life
Joseph Parecattil studied in Ernakulam and Chennai the subjects philosophy , Catholic theology and economics . He received his doctorate with a thesis on Augustine and Pelagius to Doctor of Divinity and received on August 24, 1939 in Kandy , the ordination in the Syro-Malabar rite. Until 1953 he worked as a parish chaplain and editor of a Christian newspaper.
On October 28, 1953 he was by Pope Pius XII. Appointed Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri and Auxiliary Bishop in Ernakulam, he received episcopal ordination from Eugène Tisserant , Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and of Porto e Santa Rufina , Secretary of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches , on November 30, 1953 in Ernakulam; Co- consecrators were Augustine Kandathil , Archbishop of Ernakulam, and Martin Lucas SVD. On July 20, 1956, he was appointed Archbishop of Ernakulam. From 1962 to 1965 he took part in the Second Vatican Council . In the sixties and seventies he led the Conference of Syro-Malabar Bishops as President. In April 1969, Pope Paul VI took him . as a cardinal priest in the college of cardinals ( titular church Santa Maria Regina Pacis ). In 1972 he made him head of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Eastern Church Law. He took part in both conclaves of 1978, in August 1978 in the election of Pope John Paul I and in October of the same year in that of John Paul II . On January 30, 1984, Joseph Parecattil resigned from his Archdiocese due to illness. He headed the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Eastern Church Law until shortly before his death.
He died on February 20, 1987 in Kochi and was buried in Ernakulam's Marian Cathedral.
Controversy
His attitude towards the renewal of the liturgy of the Syro-Malabars is controversial. (D. E. Binding to the Catholic Chaldean Fearing a "Chaldäisierung" Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon ) he turned away in 1953, intensified since the Second Vatican Council, against all the efforts of the Vatican Eastern Churches Congregation, in India , the East Syriac liturgy recover in pure form. He did not consider it to be an inheritance to be cultivated by the Thomas Christians, but rather as the result of their (alleged) liturgical colonization by immigrants of the 4th century. Rather, his concern was inculturation , a Malabar liturgy of its own, which was to be Indian, Eastern Church and Catholic (but not Latin or Chaldean).
literature
- Anthony M. Mundadan (Ed.): Cardinal Parecattil. The Man, His Vision and His Contribution. STAR, Alwaye 1988.
Web links
- Parecattil, Joseph. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 7, 2016.
- Entry on Joseph Parecattil on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved November 7, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Augustine Kandathil |
Archbishop of Ernakulam 1956-1984 |
Antony Cardinal Padiyara |
| Krikor Bedros XV. Agagianian |
President of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Eastern Church Law 1972–1987 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parecattil, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parecattil, Cardinal Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian clergyman, Archbishop of Ernakulam and Cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kindagoor , Kerala |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1987 |
| Place of death | Kochi , Kerala |