Indian Sisters of HIC SUM Projects Welcome New Bishop
Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Kannur
Pope Francis has appointed the Most Rev. Msgr. Dennis Kuruppassery, of the clergy of Kottapuram, hitherto Nunciature Councillor serving at the Pontifical Representation in Malta, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Kannur (India), assigning him the titular See of Macomades rusticiana.
H.E. Msgr. Dennis Kuruppassery was born Aug. 4, 1967, in Palliport, in the Diocese of Kottapuram. He studied Philosophy and Theology at St. Joseph Pontifical Seminary, Alwaye, Kerala and holds a degree in Canon Law.
He was ordained a priest on Dec. 23, 1991 for the clergy of Kottapuram.
He held the following positions: vice-pastor of St Francis of Assisi, Thuruthipuram (1991-1993) and St Sebastian’s, Gothuruth (1994-1995), and pastor of St Anthony’s, Pullot (1996-1997) in the Diocese of Kottapuram.
He entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See on July 1, 2001 and served in the Pontifical Representations in Burundi (2001-2004), Egypt (2004-2007), Thailand (2007-2010), Czech Republic (2010-2013), Gabon (2013-2016) and the United States of America (2016-2021). He is currently a Nunciature Counsellor in Malta. (Fides Agency 15/8/2024).
The presence of Christians in India
The Diocese of Kannur is located in India’s federated state of Kerala and is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Verapoly.
Christian Catholics, in India represent about 2.5 percent of the total population. A very small percentage on the surface but when compared to the total number of inhabitants, about 1.5 billion, it becomes an even larger representation than those found in some European states.
Most Christians live in southern India. After all, it was in the state of Kerala that the first Christian communities were born, and it was from there that St. Thomas the Apostle, in the year 52, began to spread the Gospel.
Christians are to this day distributed in the life of the country, thanks to the effort on the level of social integration perpetuated by the first Indian Christians.
Presence of spazio + spadoni in India
Since its inception in 2020, spazio + spadoni has been developing its collaborations in India, especially in Kerala with several women religious congregations. With some of them the project HIC SUM and OPERA M. In fact, the religious women always emphasize the importance and the need for the knowledge of works of mercy within the country for the building of a more equitable society in which all people and especially the poorest are given back their dignity.
Most devotedly, we wish Bishop Dennis Kuruppassery a fruitful apostolate in his new diocese.
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