Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, CMI (10 February 1805 – 3 January 1871) was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic priest, religious, philosopher and social reformer. He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and was a member of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church.
He was the co-founder and first
prior general of the first
congregation for men in the Syro-Malabar Church, the
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), and of a similar one for women, the
Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC). (
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Attributes:
Catholic saint, founder and social reformer
Patronage: Press industry, media, literature, congregations
See also:
Simeon of Jerusalem;
Geltrude Comensoli