11th
Indian and 4th Syro-Malabar prelate to be Cardinal
Mar George
Alencherry is the 11th Indian and the fourth Syro Malabar
prelate to become a cardinal. Late Cardinal Valerian Gracias,
Archbishop of Bombay, was the first Indian to become a
cardinal in 1953. Other Latin rite cardinals from India are
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Simon Pimenta, late Lawrence
Picachy, Ivan Dias, Telesphore Placidus Toppo and Oswald
Gracias, the present Archbishop of Bombay. Syrian rite
predecessors, cardinals Joseph Parecattil, Antony Padiyara and
Varkey Vithayathil. |