Bernardine Baccinelli

The Most Reverend

Bernardine Baccinelli
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus; Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseVerapoly (Vicariate Apostolic)
Appointed1855 (as Vicar Apostolic); later titular Archbishop
Previous postCarmelite missionary priest
Orders
Ordination1830
Personal details
BornGiuseppe Bernardo (later Bernardino) Baccinelli
1807 (1807)
Italy
Died5 September 1868(1868-09-05) (aged 60–61)
Varapuzha, Kerala, India
NationalityItalian
DenominationCatholic
ResidenceVarapuzha (Verapoly)

Bernardine Baccinelli of St. Teresa, OCD (1807–1868) was an Italian Carmelite missionary and ecclesiastical leader who served as Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly (Kerala, India) and later as titular Archbishop of Pharsalus. He is widely credited with pioneering parish-based universal education, charitable systems, and reforms in priestly formation that influenced Kerala's social and literacy renaissance.

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