Alex Kaliyanil

Styles of
**Alex Kaliyanil**
Styles of; Alex Kaliyanil
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

The Most Reverend

Alex Kaliyanil

S.V.D.
The Most Reverend; Alex Kaliyanil; S.V.D.
Archbishop of Bulawayo
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Bulawayo
Appointed	20 June 2009
Installed	12 September 2009
Predecessor	Pius Ncube
Orders
Ordination	7 May 1988
Consecration	12 September 2009; by George Kocherry
Personal details
Birth name	Alexander Thomas Kaliyanil
Born	27 May 1960; Vallamchira, Manimala, India
Denomination	Roman Catholic

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Alexander Thomas Kaliyanil S.V.D. (born 27 May 1960) is an Indian Roman Catholic missionary and the current Archbishop of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. [1]^{[permanent dead link]}

Born in Vallachira, Kerala, Kaliyanil joined the Divine Word Missionaries in 1987 and was ordained a priest on 7 May 1988,^[1] being sent to Zimbabwe the year after. He holds a Diploma in Economics from Mysore University, India. Since 1989 he has been a missionary in Zimbabwe, in the Archdiocese of Bulawayo, where he held the following positions: 1990–1992: vicar of Holy Cross Parish in Tshabalala, 1992–1997: parish mission Embakwe, 1997–2005: parish priest of St. Joseph Tsholotsho and dean of the Southern and Northern Deanery, 2005–2008: diocesan bursar; since 2001: ex officio director of the Catholic Development Commission (Caritas Zimbabwe) from 2008: regional superior of the Society of the Divine Word in Zimbabwe.^[2] He became archdiocesan treasurer in 2005, and the local superior of the Divine Word Missionaries in 2008.^[2]^[3]

On 20 June 2009, Kaliyanil was appointed the third archbishop of Bulawayo by Pope Benedict XVI.^[1] He succeeds the politically outspoken Pius Ncube, who resigned as archbishop in September 2007 amid accusations of adultery.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Palmo, Rocco (20 June 2009). "Out of Africa...of Sorts". Whispers in the Loggia.
↑ Pasipanodya, Nancy (20 June 2009). "Pope Benedict appoints new archbishop, replaces Pius Ncube". The Zimbabwe Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009.
↑ Palmo, Rocco (11 September 2007). "Amid Adultery Scandal, Ncube Falls on Sword". Whispers in the Loggia.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Pius Ncube	Archbishop of Bulawayo 20 June 2009 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

[hierarchy-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

[palmo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Palmo, Rocco (20 June 2009). "Out of Africa...of Sorts". Whispers in the Loggia.

[guardian-3] Pasipanodya, Nancy (20 June 2009). "Pope Benedict appoints new archbishop, replaces Pius Ncube". The Zimbabwe Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009.

[ncube-4] Palmo, Rocco (11 September 2007). "Amid Adultery Scandal, Ncube Falls on Sword". Whispers in the Loggia.

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