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Head of Syro-Malabar Church
Diocese	Ernakulam-Angamaly
See	Ernakulam-Angamaly
Predecessor	Antony Padiyara
Successor	George Alencherry
Other post(s)	Apostolic Administrator of the Benedictine Monastery in Bangalore (1990–1996); Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
Orders
Ordination	12 June 1954
Consecration	17 January 1997
Created cardinal	21 February 2001; by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
Personal details
Born	29 May 1927; North Parur, Travancore
Died	1 April 2011 (aged 83); Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Denomination	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Parents	Mr. Joseph Vithayathil; Mrs. Thresiamma Manadan

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Varkey Vithayathil CSsR (29 May 1927 – 1 April 2011) was an Indian cardinal who served as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly from 1999 to 2011. He was also a religious priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.^[1]

Early life and ordination

Born to Joseph Vithayathil and Thresiamma Manadan in North Parur, Travancore, he became a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), a religious congregation founded by Alphonsus Ligouri in 1732. He was ordained as a priest on 12 June 1954. He was granted a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome on The Origin and Progress of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy. He taught for 25 years at the Redemptorist seminary in Bangalore. In 1972 he took his master's degree in philosophy from Karnataka University. He also taught different subjects in several other seminaries in Bangalore.

Provincial Superior

From 1978 to 1984 he was the Provincial Superior of the Redemptorist Provinces of India and Sri Lanka.^[2] Then, from 1984 to 1985 he was President of the India Conference of Religious. In 1990, he was appointed as the Apostolic Administrator of the Asirvanam Benedictine Monastery in Bangalore by Pope John Paul II.

Metropolitan and Gate of all India

He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly on 11 November 1996 and was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 1997. Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and Head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, on 23 December 1999. In February 2008 he was elected President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India^[3] and held the presidency from 19 February 2008 to 3 March 2010.

Cardinal

Pope John Paul II appointed Varkey Vithayathil a member of the Sacred College of Cardinals on 21 January 2001, and raised him to that dignity at the Consistory of 21 February 2001 becoming Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.

Sacerdotal golden jubilee

The sacerdotal golden jubilee of Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil was celebrated under the auspices of the Syro-Malabar church on 8 November 2003. The jubilee was inaugurated on 12 June 2003 and was concluded on 12 June 2004.

Opinions

Fifth Marian dogma

Varkey Vithayathil supported proposals to solemnly proclaim a fifth Marian dogma on the co-redemption and mediation of graces, saying it would be beneficial to the Church and that it would have positive ecumenical effects.^[4]

Death

He died suddenly from a massive heart attack on 1 April 2011. He had suffered from prolonged heart problems for some time and died about 2:00 pm of sudden and irreversible cardiac arrest from the heart attack at Lisie Hospital in Ernakulam, where he had been hurriedly taken after fainting while celebrating Mass at noon in his chapel in the Major Archbishop's house, in Ernakulam.^[5] The funeral was held on 10 April 2011 at St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam.^[6]^[7]

Works

The Origin and Progress of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy, Thesis, Angelicum, 1959. Published: Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, India, 1980.
Straight From the Heart, autobiography and opinions in the form of an extended interview, 2009.

Notes

^ Annuaro Pontificio per l'anno 2010. Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2010. pp. 95*, 1441.
^ ""Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R.", Scala, April 1, 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "Cardinal Vithayathil elected new president of Indian bishops". AsiaNews. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
^ 5th Dogma a Marian Antidote
^ Indian Catholic News Archived 4 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine Radio Vatican Archived 21 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Bosco Puthur: Announcement of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil Circular (in Malayalam) Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Bosco Puthur: Circular (in Malayalam) on the concluding of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, 18 April 2011.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cardinal Antony Padiyara / Pontifical Delegate Abraham Kattumana	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam 1996–2011	Succeeded by George Alencherry

[1] Annuaro Pontificio per l'anno 2010. Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2010. pp. 95*, 1441.

[2] ""Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R.", Scala, April 1, 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

[3] "Cardinal Vithayathil elected new president of Indian bishops". AsiaNews. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.

[4] 5th Dogma a Marian Antidote

[5] Indian Catholic News Archived 4 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine Radio Vatican Archived 21 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Bosco Puthur: Announcement of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil Circular (in Malayalam) Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[7] Bosco Puthur: Circular (in Malayalam) on the concluding of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, 18 April 2011.

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-[[Mar]] '''Varkey Vithayathil'''  [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer|C.Ss.R.]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Annuaro Pontificio per l'anno 2010|year=2010|publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|location=Città del Vaticano|pages=95*,1441}}</ref> (29 May 1927{{spaced ndash}}1 April 2011) was an [[India]]n [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]], served as [[List of Major Archbishops of Ernakulam-Angamaly|Major Archbishop]] of [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly|Ernakulam-Angamaly]] and head of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]. He was also a [[Catholic religious order|religious priest]] of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]].
+'''Varkey Vithayathil''' <small>[[Redemptorists|CSsR]]</small> (29 May 1927{{spaced ndash}}1 April 2011) was an Indian [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] who served as the [[List of Major Archbishops of Ernakulam-Angamaly|Major Archbishop]] of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]] and [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam–Angamaly|Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly]] from 1999 to 2011. He was also a [[Catholic religious order|religious priest]] of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Annuaro Pontificio per l'anno 2010|year=2010|publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|location=Città del Vaticano|pages=95*,1441}}</ref>
 ==Early life and ordination==
-Born to Justice Joseph [[Vithayathil]] (a member of the Travancore Legislative Assembly, a Judge of the High Court of [[Travancore-Cochin]], a Chevalier,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/papal_dignitaries.php |title=Papal dignitaries, Archdiocese of Ernakulam |access-date=1 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102225244/http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/papal_dignitaries.php |archive-date=2 January 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and a President of the All Kerala Catholic Congress) and Thresiamma Manadan in [[North Paravur|North Parur]], [[Travancore]], he became a member of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]] (Redemptorists), a religious order founded by Saint [[Alphonsus Ligouri]] in 1732.  He was ordained as a priest on 12 June 1954. He obtained doctorate in [[Canon law (Catholic Church)|canon law]] from the [[Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)]] in Rome on ''The Origin and Progress of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy''. He taught for 25 years at the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer|Redemptorist]] seminary in [[Bangalore]]. In 1972 he took his Master's Degree in Philosophy from [[Karnataka University]]. He also taught different subjects in several other seminaries in Bangalore.
+Born to Joseph Vithayathil and Thresiamma Manadan in [[North Paravur|North Parur]], [[Travancore]], he became a member of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]] (Redemptorists), a religious congregation founded by [[Alphonsus Ligouri]] in 1732.  He was ordained as a priest on 12 June 1954. He was granted a doctorate in [[Canon law (Catholic Church)|canon law]] from the [[Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)]] in Rome on ''The Origin and Progress of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy''. He taught for 25 years at the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer|Redemptorist]] seminary in [[Bangalore]]. In 1972 he took his master's degree in philosophy from [[Karnataka University]]. He also taught different subjects in several other seminaries in Bangalore.
 ==Provincial Superior==
-From 1978 to 1984 he was the Provincial Superior of the Redemptorist Provinces of India and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://scalanews.com/scala/varky/scalaenglish.html |title="Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R.", ''Scala'', April 1, 2011 |access-date=30 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135723/http://scalanews.com/scala/varky/scalaenglish.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>  Then, from 1984 to 1985 he was President of the India Conference of Religious. In 1990, he was appointed as the Apostolic Administrator of the Asirvanam [[Benedictine]] Monastery in Bangalore by [[Pope John Paul II]].
+From 1978 to 1984 he was the Provincial Superior of the Redemptorist Provinces of India and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://scalanews.com/scala/varky/scalaenglish.html |title="Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R.", ''Scala'', April 1, 2011 |access-date=30 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135723/http://scalanews.com/scala/varky/scalaenglish.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Then, from 1984 to 1985 he was President of the India Conference of Religious. In 1990, he was appointed as the Apostolic Administrator of the Asirvanam [[Benedictine]] Monastery in Bangalore by [[Pope John Paul II]].
 ==Metropolitan and Gate of all India==
-He was appointed [[Apostolic Administrator]] of Ernakulam-Angamaly on 18 December 1996 and was [[Holy Orders|consecrated]] Bishop on 6 January 1997. [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed him as the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and Head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, on 23 December 1999. In February 2008 he was elected President of the [[Catholic Bishops Conference of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=11564|title=Cardinal Vithayathil elected new president of Indian bishops|date=19 February 2008|access-date=2008-03-06|publisher=AsiaNews}}</ref> and held the presidency from 19 February 2008 to 3 March 2010.
+He was appointed [[Apostolic Administrator]] of Ernakulam-Angamaly on 11 November 1996 and was [[Holy Orders|consecrated]] a bishop on 6 January 1997. [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed him as the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and Head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, on 23 December 1999. In February 2008 he was elected President of the [[Catholic Bishops Conference of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=11564|title=Cardinal Vithayathil elected new president of Indian bishops|date=19 February 2008|access-date=2008-03-06|publisher=AsiaNews}}</ref> and held the presidency from 19 February 2008 to 3 March 2010.
 ==Cardinal==
-Pope John Paul II nominated Mar Varkey I Vithayathil a member of the [[Sacred College of Cardinals]] on 21 January 2001, and raised him to that dignity at the Consistory of 21 February 2001 becoming [[Cardinal-Priest]] of ''[[S. Bernardo alle Terme]]''. He was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]].
+Pope John Paul II appointed Varkey Vithayathil a member of the [[Sacred College of Cardinals]] on 21 January 2001, and raised him to that dignity at the Consistory of 21 February 2001 becoming [[Cardinal-Priest]] of ''[[S. Bernardo alle Terme]]''. He was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]].
 ==Sacerdotal golden jubilee==
-The sacerdotal golden jubilee of the Mar Varkey Vithayathil was celebrated under the auspices of the Syro-Malabar church on 8 November 2003. The jubilee was inaugurated on 12 June 2003 and was concluded on 12 June 2004.
+The sacerdotal [[golden jubilee]] of Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil was celebrated under the auspices of the Syro-Malabar church on 8 November 2003. The jubilee was inaugurated on 12 June 2003 and was concluded on 12 June 2004.
-[[Image:Vithayathil cardinal coa.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Arms of Cardinal Vithayathil]]
+[[Image:Mar Varkey Vithayathil.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Varkey Vithayathil former Major Archbishop]]
-[[Image:Mar Varkey Vithayathil.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Mar Varkey Vithayathil former Major Arch Bishop.]]
 ==Opinions==
 ===Fifth Marian dogma===
-Mar Varkey Vithayathil supported proposals to solemnly proclaim a fifth Marian dogma on the [[Co-Redemption|co-redemption]] and mediation of graces, saying it would be beneficial to the Church and that it would have positive ecumenical effects.<ref>[http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/z5dogmant.htm 5th Dogma a Marian Antidote]</ref>
+Varkey Vithayathil supported proposals to solemnly proclaim a fifth Marian dogma on the [[Co-Redemption|co-redemption]] and mediation of graces, saying it would be beneficial to the Church and that it would have positive ecumenical effects.<ref>[http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/z5dogmant.htm 5th Dogma a Marian Antidote]</ref>
 ==Death==
-On 1 April 2011, Mar Varkey Vithayathil died suddenly from a massive heart attack. He had suffered from prolonged heart problems for some time and died about 2:00&nbsp;pm of sudden and irreversible cardiac arrest from the heart attack at [[Lisie Hospital]] in Ernakulam, where he had been hurriedly taken after fainting while celebrating Mass at noon at his chapel in the Major Archbishop's house, in Ernakulam.<ref>[http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/04/01/cardinal-varkey-vithayathil-dies/ Indian Catholic News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404011958/http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/04/01/cardinal-varkey-vithayathil-dies/ |date=4 April 2011 }} [http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=474919 Radio Vatican] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121092236/http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=474919 |date=21 January 2012 }}</ref> The funeral was held on 10 April 2011 at [[St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam]].<ref>[[Mar Bosco Puthur]]: [http://www.smcim.org/files/portal/news/attach1_139.pdf Announcement of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil] [http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/curia.pdf Circular (in Malayalam)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080700/http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/curia.pdf |date=28 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>[[Mar Bosco Puthur]]: [http://www.smcim.org/files/portal/news/attach1_173.pdf Circular (in Malayalam) on the concluding of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil], 18 April 2011.</ref>
+He died suddenly from a massive heart attack on 1 April 2011. He had suffered from prolonged heart problems for some time and died about 2:00&nbsp;pm of sudden and irreversible cardiac arrest from the heart attack at [[Lisie Hospital]] in Ernakulam, where he had been hurriedly taken after fainting while celebrating Mass at noon in his chapel in the Major Archbishop's house, in Ernakulam.<ref>[http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/04/01/cardinal-varkey-vithayathil-dies/ Indian Catholic News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404011958/http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/04/01/cardinal-varkey-vithayathil-dies/ |date=4 April 2011 }} [http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=474919 Radio Vatican] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121092236/http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=474919 |date=21 January 2012 }}</ref> The funeral was held on 10 April 2011 at [[St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam]].<ref>[[Bosco Puthur]]: [http://www.smcim.org/files/portal/news/attach1_139.pdf Announcement of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil] [http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/curia.pdf Circular (in Malayalam)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080700/http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/curia.pdf |date=28 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>[[Bosco Puthur]]: [http://www.smcim.org/files/portal/news/attach1_173.pdf Circular (in Malayalam) on the concluding of the funeral of Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil], 18 April 2011.</ref>
 ==Works==
 *''The Origin and Progress of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy'', Thesis, [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Angelicum]], 1959. Published: Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, India, 1980.
 *''Straight From the Heart'', autobiography and opinions in the form of an extended interview, 2009.
+==Notes==
+{{Reflist}}
-==Further reading==
+==External links==
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+{{wikiquote}}
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110412072059/http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/archbishop.php Official biography at Archdiocese of Ernakulam]
-*[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2001.htm#Vithayathil#Vithayathil Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
+*[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2001.htm#Vithayathil#Vithayathil Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017100443/http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2001.htm#Vithayathil |date=17 October 2014 }}
 *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvith.html Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, Catholic Hierarchy]
-==Notes==
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+{{s-bef|before= [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Antony Padiyara]]  / [[Pontifical Delegate]] [[Abraham Kattumana]]}}
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