Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Saint Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara | |
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Kuriakose Chavara | |
| Born | 10 February 1805 Kainakary, Kuttanad, Kingdom of Travancore, British Raj (now in Alappuzha district, Kerala, India) |
| Died | 3 January 1871 (aged 65) Koonammavu, Kingdom of Cochin, British Raj (now in Ernakulam, Kerala, India) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 8 February 1986, Kottayam by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 23 November 2014, Rome by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | St. Joseph's Church, Mannanam, St.Philomena's Forane Church, Koonammavu |
| Feast | 18 February (Roman Latin Catholic Church) 3 January (Syro-Malabar Church) |
| Influences | Palackal Thoma |
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Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, CMI (10 February 1805 – 3 January 1871) was an Indian Catholic priest, religious, philosopher and social reformer. He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and was a member of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church. He was the co-founder and first Prior General of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), the first religious congregation for men in the Syro-Malabar Church. The Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC), originally known as the Third Order of Discalced Carmelites (TOCD), was founded by St Kuriakose Elias Chavara in 1866 in Kerala.