Parambil Mar Chandy
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His Beatitude Alexander de Campo Bishop of Megara in Achala |
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| Roman Catholic- Syrian rite of Malabar | |
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| Diocese | Cranganore |
| Installed | 31 January 1663 |
| Term ended | 1687 |
| Predecessor | Mar Abraham-Last Chaldean Bishop of Malabar(1564-1597), Mar Abraham appointed Archbishop of Angamaly by Pope Pius IV |
| Successor | Kariattil Mar Ousep |
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| Ordination | 31 January 1663 (At Kaduthuruthi by Msgr. Joseph, with the title of Titular Bishop of Megara in Achala and Vicar Apostolic and Administrator of the Archbishopric of Cranganore). |
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| Birth name | Chandy[Alexander] |
| Born | Muttuchira |
| Died | 1687 Kuravilangad |
| Buried | Marth Mariam Church, Kuravilangad. |
| Nationality | Indian. |
Alexander de Campo (ecclesiastical title) alias Palliveettil Chandy metran is the first known person to be appointed in India as a bishop from among the native Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Goa .Thus he should have become, according to the plans of Mar Abraham, supported by the Jesuits, the first indigenous Chaldean Metropolitan of the St Thomas Christians. However from the last letter of Mar Abraham, where he requested the Pope to confirm George’s election as Bishop of Palur and his successor, is dated 13 January 1584; While from an another letter of Mar Abraham we learn that the consecration of Archdeacon George failed because of the latter’s death.
At first he was the advisor of the Bishop Mar Thoma I. He had an instrumental role in ordaining Mar Thoma I as a Bishop and later reclaiming eighty-four churches in Catholic side after the Coonan Cross Oath. After his death from 1678 till 1896 there were no native Bishops in the Catholic faction (Known as Pazhyacoor) of the Malankara Church. His cousin Archdeacon Thomas was democratically consecrated as a bishop by 12 priests in 1653. In 1665 Mar Gregorios Abdal Jaleel, a delegate of the Patriarch of Antioch came to Malabar and regularized the consecration of Mar Thoma as per the traditional standards.
Historically Saint Thomas Christians were part of East Syrian Church. They came into direct communion with the Church of Rome through the Chaldean Patriarchate with the arrival of Mar Joseph Sulaqa and Mar Elias in AD 1554. Historically, the title of the head of the Church of Saint Thomas was the 'Metropolitan and the Gate of India'. Ancient documents vouches this.
After the infamous Synod of Diamper in 1599, the Church of Saint Thomas Christians became subjected to Latin rite Bishops. The Latin Missionaries broke the historic connection of Thomas Christians with the Patriarchate of Chaldeans and downgraded the ancient Church of Christians of Saint Thomas into a mere suffragan of the Arch diocese of Goa of Latin rite. Later, the Metropolitanate was reinstated and the Arch Diocese of Angamaly was renamed as Archdiocese of Kodungalloor and its seat moved to Kodungalloor with Latin Prelates.
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