Kalacherry was born on 20 April 1892 in Kainakary. He was ordained priest at the age of 27 on 19 April 1919, and as Rev Dr James Kalacherry, served as lecturer in logic at St. Berchmans College, Changanassery, Kottayam, Kerala.[1]
In 1927, he was appointed Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese church), India.[2]
On 19 May 1930 Bishop Kalacherry presided over the ceremony when Sister Alphonsa joined the Franciscan Clarist Congregation at St. Mary's Forane Church Bharananganam.[3] Sister Alphonsa was canonised as India's first female Catholic saint on 9 November 2008.
Bishop Kalacherry also founded the Catholic Action group of the diocese.
In 1945, he campaigned against the move by C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, the then Diwan of Travancore, to nationalise all schools. Bishop Kalacherry founded Assumption College, in central Travancore on 12 August 1949, providing tertiary education for women.[5]
He died in office at the age of 57 on 27 October 1949 and was buried at St. Mary's Cathedral in Changanassery, which was his own parish.
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^"Bishop James Kalacherry (Kalassery)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^"St. Alphonsa | The Franciscan Clarist Convent | Bharananganam". www.saintalphonsamma.org. from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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james, kalacherry, april, 1892, october, 1949, indian, educationalist, bishop, syro, malabar, catholic, church, taking, charge, diocese, changanassery, marjames, kalasserybishop, changanasseryappointed29, 1927installed29, 1927term, ended27, 1949predecessorthom. James Kalacherry 20 April 1892 27 October 1949 was an Indian educationalist and bishop of the Syro Malabar Catholic Church taking charge of the Diocese of Changanassery MarJames KalasseryBishop of ChanganasseryAppointed29 Oct 1927Installed29 Oct 1927Term ended27 Oct 1949PredecessorThomas KurialacherrySuccessorMathew KavukattuOrdersOrdination19 Apr 1919Consecrationby Bishop Francis VazhapillyKalacherry was born on 20 April 1892 in Kainakary He was ordained priest at the age of 27 on 19 April 1919 and as Rev Dr James Kalacherry served as lecturer in logic at St Berchmans College Changanassery Kottayam Kerala 1 In 1927 he was appointed Bishop of Changanacherry Syro Malabarese church India 2 On 19 May 1930 Bishop Kalacherry presided over the ceremony when Sister Alphonsa joined the Franciscan Clarist Congregation at St Mary s Forane Church Bharananganam 3 Sister Alphonsa was canonised as India s first female Catholic saint on 9 November 2008 In 1933 he founded the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament MCBS in the mission church at Mallappally 4 Bishop Kalacherry also founded the Catholic Action group of the diocese In 1945 he campaigned against the move by C P Ramaswami Iyer the then Diwan of Travancore to nationalise all schools Bishop Kalacherry founded Assumption College in central Travancore on 12 August 1949 providing tertiary education for women 5 He died in office at the age of 57 on 27 October 1949 and was buried at St Mary s Cathedral in Changanassery which was his own parish References edit Archived copy Archived from the original on 10 July 2010 Retrieved 23 January 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Bishop James Kalacherry Kalassery Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved 21 January 2015 St Alphonsa The Franciscan Clarist Convent Bharananganam www saintalphonsamma org Archived from the original on 20 April 2023 Retrieved 24 January 2012 History Archived from the original on 3 November 2012 Retrieved 24 January 2012 Assumption college Changanassery NAAC Re accredited A Grade College Archived from the original on 15 January 2012 Retrieved 23 January 2012 External links editJames Kalacherry bio sketch Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Kalacherry amp oldid 1153235754, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
