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Death of Daniel Acharuparambil, the Carmelite Archbishop of Verapoly |
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Communicationes
ROMA (26-10-2009).- The Discalced Carmelite Archbishop of Verapoly, Daniel Acharuparambil, died this morning at 70 years of age, from multiple organ failure after three days in intensive care in hospital.
A member of the Manjummel Province (Kerala, India), which he entered in 1956, he was ordained priest on March 14, 1966. He obtained degrees in Economy, in Philosophy, and a Master in Philosophy from the University of India in Kerala. He was a professor in the Teresianum Pontifical Faculty in Rome.
A Professor in the Urban Pontifical University since 1972, he obtained a doctorate from the St Thomas Aquinas Pontifical University in Rome in 1978. In 1986 he was appointed to the Vice-chancellorship of the Urban Pontifical University, and from 1988 to 1994, he became Rector Magnificus of the Urban University.
A Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue for five years from 1990, he was also Consultor to the Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples. At the present time, he was a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
He was appointed Archbishop on August 5, 1996, and was consecrated in Ernakulam on 3rd November 1996 by His Eminence, Cardinal Josef Tomko, the then Prefect of the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples.
Mons. Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche
The Discalced Carmelite emeritus auxiliary Bishop of the Brazilian diocese of Porto Alegre, Mons. Antônio do Carmo Cheuichez, died in the early morning of October 14, at 82 years of age.
Ordained priest in 1951, he obtained licentiates in theology and in journalism from the Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, and in Philosophy and Letters from the Complutense University of Madrid. He also took courses in the universities of Vienna, Freiburg and Breslau.
He was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Santa María in 1969 and in 1971 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre. Closely connected with the world of culture, he was a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Goods of the Church, of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Justice and Peace Pontifical Commission and the Pontifical Council for Dialogue with non-believers. For 25 years he was a member of the Latin American Episcopal Commission. He presided over the Department for the Laity, the Department for dialogue with non-believers, and over the foundation of the Department for Culture. Mons. Antonio was the author of various books and essays on culture, Christianity, inculturation and urban pastoral ministry.
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