Type: | bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Mar |
Alexander Choolaparambil | |
Honorific-Suffix: | Bishop |
Bishop of Kottayam (1923–1951) Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam (1914–1923) | |
Diocese: | Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam |
See: | Kottayam |
Appointed: | 16 July 1914 |
Term Start: | 1 November 1914 |
Term End: | 8 January 1951 |
Predecessor: | Matthew Makil |
Successor: | Thomas Tharayil |
Ordination: | 22 December 1906 |
Consecration: | 1 November 1914 |
Consecrated By: | Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski |
Rank: | Bishop |
Birth Date: | 1877 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kumarakom |
Nationality: | Indian |
Bishop Alexander Choolaparambil (14 October 1877 – 8 January 1951) was born in Kumarakom, India. Ordained a priest in 1906, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam and then bishop of Busiris that same year. In 1923 Mar Choolaparampil became bishop of Kottayam, dying in that capacity in 1951.