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| name = Thomas Chakiath <br />{{Lang|syc| ܡܵܪܝ ܬܐܘܿܡܐܵ ܐܲܦܸܣܩܘܿܦܵܐ<br />
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| title = Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Titular Bishop of Uzippari<br />
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| birth_place = Moonnamparambu, [[Karukutty]], [[Ernakulam District]], [[Kerala]], [[India]] <br />
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'''Mar Thomas Chakiath {{Lang|syc| ܡܵܪܝ ܬܐܘܿܡܐܵ ܐܲܦܸܣܩܘܿܦܵܐ<br />
}}'''{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} (born 10 September 1937) is a retired [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Syro Malabar Catholic]] [[Bishop]]. He was the [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly|Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He is the son of Chackappan and Mariam Chakiath. He attended the Sacred Heart Petit Seminary, Ernakulam and then the Pontifical Seminary, [[Alwaye]]. Chakiath was ordained priest on 30 November 1964 at the Eucharistic Congress in Bombay by [[Joseph Parecattil|Joseph Cardinal Parecattil]].<br />
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Chakiath is an [[List of people associated with the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas|alumnus]] of the [[Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)|Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas ''Angelicum'']] in Rome where he studied from 1968 to 1972 earning a doctorate in [[sociology]]. He was a member of the K.C.B.C. Commission for Justice and Peace, and the secretary of the priests’ Senate of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam. Chakiath has been a consulter of the Archdiocese for three terms. He was the founder-director of Niveditha, Institute for Religious Formation and Fellowship.<br />
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In January 1997, Chakiath was appointed the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam. On 17 February 1998 Chakiath was nominated the Titular Bishop of Uzipari and the Bishop Auxiliary of Ernakulam Angamaly. He was consecrated Bishop on 14 April 1998 by Archbishop [[Mar Varkey Vithayathil]] at [[St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam|St Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
* [http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/aux_bishop2.php Profile from Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly]<br />
* [http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/bishop.php?id=4 Profile from Syro Malabar Church website]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchakiath.html Profile from Catholic Hierarchy]<br />
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