Joy Alappatt Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Mar
John Alappatt
Eparch of St. Thomas of Chicago
Church:Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Diocese:Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago
Appointed:July 3, 2022
Enthroned:October 1, 2022
Predecessor:Jacob Angadiath
Ordination:December 31, 1981
Ordained By:James Pazhayattil
Consecration:September 27, 2014
Consecrated By:George Alencherry, Jacob Angadiath and Pauly Kannookadan
Birth Date:27 September 1956
Birth Place:Parappukara, Kerala, India
Previous Post:Auxiliary Eparch of St. Thomas of Chicago (2014-2022)
Titular Bishop of Bencenna (2014-2022)
Motto:Joyfully for your souls
Birth Name:John Alappatt
Joy Alappatt
Dipstyle:Mar

Mar John "Joy" Alappatt (born September 27, 1956) is an Indian-born bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in the United States. He serves as the eparch of St. Thomas Eparchy of Chicago since 2022.

He served as the auxiliary bishop of the same eparchy from 2014–2022.

Biography

Early life and ministry

John Joy Alappatt was born in Parappukara, Kerala, India. He studied for the priesthood at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary in Vadavathoor, and was ordained a priest for the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda in India on December 31, 1981, by Bishop James Pazhayattil. Alappatt continued his studies at St. Joseph's Pontifical Institute in Aluva an at the Adheva University in Wattair.[1] He was then engaged in pastoral work in Chalkudy, Mala, the cathedral in Irinjalakuda, and as a chaplain in Chennai. In 1993 he was transferred to the United States where he served as a chaplain at the Georgetown University Medical Center where he also completed his clinical pastoral education program. Alappatt also served in pastoral assignments in New Milford, Newark and Garfield, New Jersey and as the vicar at the Mar Thoma Shleeha Cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois.[1]

Auxiliary Bishop

Pope Francis named Alappatt as the titular bishop of Bencenna and the Auxiliary Bishop of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chicago on July 24, 2014.[2] He was ordained a bishop by George Alencherry, the major archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, on September 27, 2014. The principal co-consecrators were Jacob Angadiath of Chicago and Pauly Kannookadan of Irinjalakuda.[3]

Eparch

On July 3, 2022, Pope Francis accepted Bishop Jacob Angadiath's resignation, and named Alappatt as successor.[4]

Alappatt was installed at the Mar Thoma Sleeha Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois by head of the Syro-Malabar Church George Alencherry, Jacob Angadiath, and Stephen Chirappanath in the presence of Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States. [5]

On July 20, 2024, Mar Joy Alappatt celebrated the Holy Qurbana at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress with Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Archbishop Borys Gudziak in front of a crowd of 25,000 people including Papal Delegate Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and Apostolic Nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New auxiliary bishop for US Syro-Malabar eparchy named. Catholic News Agency. 2014-12-10.
  2. Web site: Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees. Giga Catholic. 2014-12-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141116225742/http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-1.htm. 2014-11-16.
  3. Web site: Bishop John "Joy" Alappat. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2014-12-10.
  4. Web site: Resignations and Appointments . 2022-07-04 . press.vatican.va.
  5. Web site: Episcopal Installation of Bishop Joy Alappatt . 2022-10-01 . Mar Thoma Sleeha Cathedral . en-US.
  6. Web site: Thousands discover 'beautiful diversity' around the Eucharist at congress's Eastern liturgies . 2024-08-21 . Detroit Catholic . en-US.