Thomas Kurialacherry
Venerable Thomas of Kurialacherry
ܡܵܪܝ ܬܐܘܿܡܐܵ ܐܲܦܸܣܩܘܿܦܵܐ
was a Catholic bishop, born in the Indian village of Champakulam.Life
Kurialacherry was a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and was the first bishop
of what would become the Archdiocese of Changanassery. He also founded the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.Cause of Canonization
In 1935, ten years after his death, his Cause of Canonization was initiated giving him the title "Servant of God". On 2 April 2011, Pope Benedict XVI, in an audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, approved a statement saying that Bishop Kurialachery had lived a life of heroic virtue. This gave him the additional title of "Venerable".
