Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 1855 Clerical Religious Congregation Mailing Address: St. Joseph's, Monastery rd., P.O. Box 1056, Kochi 682011, Kerala, India Telephone: (0484)38.21.37 Fax: 38.23.63

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1855	Founded		Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
12 March 1906	Approbation		Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1990	979	1,641		ap1991
1998	1,227	1,856		ap2001
2001	1,281	1,947		ap2002
2002	1,309	2,106	307	ap2003
2004	1,397	2,243	320	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops

• Paulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I. † (Priest: 18 Feb 1946 to 23 Mar 1972)
• Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I. (Priest: 17 May 1963 to 22 Jan 1983)
• Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. (Priest: 24 Apr 1972 to 23 Jun 1999)
• Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I. (Priest: 17 May 1964 to 1972)
• Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I. (Priest: 17 May 1967 to 20 Apr 1990)
• Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. (Priest: 17 May 1960 to 20 Dec 1986)
• Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. (Priest: 1 Dec 1964 to 16 Dec 1992)
• Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. † (Priest: 7 Mar 1942 to 1962)
• Emmanuel Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. † (Priest: 1 Dec 1964 to 11 Nov 1996)
• Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. † (Priest: 21 Dec 1946 to 26 Feb 1977)
• Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. † (Priest: 24 Nov 1938 to 29 Jul 1968)