Alex Kaliyanil
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
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Alexander Thomas Kaliyanil S.V.D. (born 27 May 1960) is an Indian Roman Catholic missionary and the current Archbishop of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. [1]
Born in Vallachira, Kerala, Kaliyanil joined the Divine Word Missionaries in 1987 and was ordained a priest on 7 May 1988, being sent to Zimbabwe the year after. He holds a Diploma in Economics from Mysore University, India. Since 1989 he has been a missionary in Zimbabwe, in the Archdiocese of Bulawayo, where he held the following positions: 1990–1992: Vicar of Holy Cross parish in Tshabalala, 1992–1997: Parish Mission Embakwe, 1997–2005: Parish Priest of St. Joseph Tsholotsho and Dean of the Southern and Northern Deanery, 2005–2008: Diocesan Bursar; since 2001: ex officio Director of the Catholic Development Commission (Caritas Zimbabwe) from 2008: Regional Superior of the Society of the Divine Word in Zimbabwe. He became archdiocesan treasurer in 2005, and the local superior of the Divine Word Missionaries in 2008.
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