His Excellency Mar Adolph Medlycott |
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First Bishop of Thrissur | |
Province | Kerala |
Diocese | Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur |
See | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Term ended | 1896 |
Successor | Mar John Menachery |
Other posts | St. Thomas College, Thrissur |
Orders | |
Ordination | 17 March 1861 |
Consecration | 13 September 1887 |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born |
Chittagong, British India (present-day Bangladesh) |
15 May 1838
Died | 4 May 1918 | (aged 79)
Buried | Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur |
Nationality | India |
Denomination | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Parents | Adolphus Edwin Medlycott and Annette |
Occupation | Priesthood |
Alma mater | Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples |
Mar Adolph Medlycott was the first Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur. He was born at Chittagong (India) on 15 May 1838. Medlycott spent his last days in Bangalore where he died on 4 May 1918. His remains were later reinterred, first in the Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours in 1945.