Palackal Thoma Malpan | |
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Founder | |
Born | c. 1780 Pallippuram, Kerala, India |
Died | 16 January 1841 Pallippuram, Kerala, India | (aged 60–61)
Venerated in | Syro-Malabar Church |
Palackal Thoma Malpan[1] (c. 1780–1841) was an Indian Catholic priest of the Syro-Malabar Church based in India. He was the senior priest and founder who envisaged the formation of the first native religious institution in India, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate also known as C.M.I. (the first native religious institute of the Eastern Catholic Church), and the founder of the first seminary for Syro-Malabar Catholics.