George Alencherry
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 79 |
Date of birth | April 19,1945 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Thuruthy |
India | |
Ordination | November 19, 1972 |
Predecessor | Post established |
Consecration | February 2, 1997 |
Parents | Mary Alencherry |
Philipose Alencherry | |
Appoint | 11 November 1996 |
Dioces | Thuckalay |
Provinc | Changanacherry |
Successor | George Rajendran |
Education | Catholic University of Paris |
Successors | George Rajendran |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1374919 |
George Alencherry Life story
George Alencherry is the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was elected by the Holy Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church in 2011 to succeed Varkey Vithayathil. He was created a cardinal on 18 February 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.