Jacob Angadiath

Indian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1945)

Mar Jacob Angadiath
Bishop Emeritus of Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago

Church	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Diocese	Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago
Appointed	March 13, 2001
Installed	July 1, 2001
Retired	July 3, 2022
Predecessor	First Eparch
Successor	Mar Joy Alappatt
Orders
Ordination	January 5, 1972
Consecration	July 1, 2001 by Varkey Vithayathil, Joseph Pallikaparampil, and Kuriakose Kunnacherry
Personal details
Born	(1945-09-26) September 26, 1945 (age 78) Periappuram, Travancore, British India
Previous post(s)	Vicar
Motto	To love, to serve

Styles of Jacob Angadiath

Reference style	Mar
Spoken style	Mar
Religious style	Eparch

Mar Jacob Angadiath (born September 26, 1945) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church; he was serving as the first bishop of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago from July 2001 until his retirement on July 3, 2022.^[1]

Biography

Angadiath was born on October 26, 1945, at Periappuram in the princely state of Cochin (modern day Ernakulam District, Kerala) in India. He was sent to Dallas, Texas, in 1984 under the auspices of the Overseas Mission of the Syro-Malabar Church to initiate a Syro-Malabar ministry in the United States.^[2]

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Preceded by First Eparch	Eparch of St. Thomas of Chicago 2001–2022	Succeeded by Joy Alappat

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References

^ "Bishop Jacob Angadiath". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
^ "Bishop Mar Jacob Angadiath | St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Diocese". www.stthomasdiocese.org. Retrieved April 27, 2021.