Most Reverend

Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal

OFM, Cap
Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar
Native name
ഹിപ്പോളിറ്റസ് ആന്റണി കുന്നങ്കൽ
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseJammu–Srinagar
Appointed10 Mar 1986
Installed29 Jun 1986
Term ended3 Apr 1998
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorPeter Celestine Elampassery
Orders
Ordination11 April 1951
Consecration29 June 1986
by Cardinal Jozef Tomko
Personal details
Born
Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal

14 March 1921 (1921-03-14)
Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Died9 August 2008 (2008-08-10) (aged 87)
Kerala, India
BuriedKerala, India

Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, OFM, Cap[1][2] was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first apostolic prefect and first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar.

Early life

Kunnunkal was born on 14 March 1921 in the city of Alappuzha in the state of Kerala, India.[3]

Priesthood

Kunnunkal was ordained a Priest on 11 April 1951. He was a missionary priest belonging to Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

Prefecture

Kunnunkal was appointed Prefect Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir on 11 November 1978.

Episcopate

Kunnunkal was consecrated Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar on 29 June 1986. While bishop of Jammu Sringar, he started an initiative to translate the Bible into Kashmiri, which would be completed in 2011, after his death.[4] He died on 9 August 2008.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Kanjamala, Augustine (1997). Paths of Mission in India Today. St Pauls BYB. ISBN 9788171092864.
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Jammu Srinagar | History". jammusrinagardiocese.org. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Bazzoni, Maurizio (22 March 2017). "Araldica ecclesiastica: Stemma di fr. Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, OFMCap., Prefetto apostolico di Jammu e Kashmir (1978-1986) e quindi Vescovo di Jammu-Srinagar (1986-1998)" [Coat of arms of fr. Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, OFMCap., Apostolic Prefect of Jammu and Kashmir (1978-1986) and then Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar (1986-1998)]. Araldica ecclesiastica [Ecclesiastical heraldry] (in Italian). Retrieved 15 March 2019 – via Blogspot.
  4. ↑ Carvalho, Nirmala (28 February 2011). "Kashmiri translation of Bible completed, the work of a convert". AsiaNews.it. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bishop Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar, India". GCatholic. Retrieved 24 April 2017.


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