Landmarks of CMI Congregation

• • 0052 Nov 21 

    Saint Thomas lands at Kodungalloor

  • 0072 July 03 

    Martyrdom of St. Thomas at Mylapore

  • 1599 June 30 

    Udayamperoor Synod

  • 1780

    Birth of Father Thomas Palackal

  • 1799 Dec 27 

    Birth of Father Thomas Porukara

  • 1805 Feb 10 

    Birth of Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara at Kainakary

  • 1831 May 11 

    Foundation of the First Indigenous Religious Congregation CMI and its first house at Mannanam

  • 1833

    First Major Seminary of the Syro-Malabar Church was established at Mannanam

  • 1841 Jan 16 

    Death of Father Thomas Palackal at Pallippuram

  • 1846

    Foundation of the First School in the Syro-Malabar Church at Mannanam; 

  • 1846

    Establishment of the First Catholic Press at Mannanam

  • 1846 Jan 08 

    Death of Father Thomas Porukara at Mannanam

  • 1855 Dec 08 

    First Religious Profession of Saint Chavara and 11 Fathers at Mannanam and the Canonical Foundation of the CMI Congregation

  • 1857 Aug 14 

    Foundation of the 2nd Monastery, at Koonammavu

  • 1858 Feb 02 

    Foundation of the 3rd Monastery, at Elthuruthu

  • 1859 June 12 

    Foundation of the 4th Monastery, at Vazhakulam

  • 1860 Oct 01 

    Congregation changes the name to TOCD

  • 1861 Feb 03 

    Foundation of the 5th Monastery, at Pulinkunnoo

  • 1861 June 08 

    Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara was made Vicar General of the whole Syro-Malabar Church

  • 1866

    Foundation of the First Indigenous Religious Congregation for women Congregation of Mother of Carmel (CMC) at Koonammavu by Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Father Leopold OCD

  • 1866 Feb 15 

    Saint Chavara introduces the 40-hour Eucharistic Adoration (Koonammavu)

  • 1868 Oct 20 

    Foundation of the 6th Monastery, at Ampazhakad

  • 1870

    Foundation of the 7th Monastery, at Mutholy

  • 1871 Jan 03 

    Death of Saint Chavara at Koonammavu

  • 1887 Jan 01 

    TOCD was granted Pontifical Status

  • 1887 April 15 

    The First Newspaper of Kerala, ‘Nasrani Deepika’ starts from Mannanam Press

  • 1887 May 20 

    Trichur and Kottayam Vicariates for Syro-Malabar Catholics.

  • 1889 May 24 

    Mortal remains of Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara was brought from Koonammavu and was solemnly interred at Mannanam

  • 1896 July 28 

    The erection of Trichur, Ernakulam, and Changanassery Vicariates

  • 1906 March 12 

    TOCD Constitution was finally approved

  • 1921

    Establishment of the Panthalam Mission for the reunion of Jacobites

  • 1923 Dec 21 

    Syro-Malabar Hierarchy was established

  • 1931 May 11 

    Centenary of the foundation of the CMI

  • 1935 July 31 

    Beginning of the CMI Malabar Mission

  • 1941 Sept 08 

    Prior General’s House was established at Karikkamuri, Ernakulam

  • 1943 Dec 25 

    Carmel Vidya Bhavan was established in Pune

  • 1953 March 02 

    Bifurcation of the Congregation into 3 Provinces: Kottayam, Kalamassery, and Trichur

  • 1953 Dec 06 

    Relics of Apostle Saint Thomas was installed at Saint Thomas Pontifical Shrine, Azhikode, by Cardinal Tisserant

  • 1957 June 01 

    Dharmaram College was inaugurated at Bengaluru

  • 1958 Jan 03 

    Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara was declared Servant of God

  • 1958 Dec 08 

    The name TOCD was changed into CMI

  • 1962 March 21 

    Chanda Mission was entrusted to the CMI

  • 1967 July 29 

    CMI was granted Pontifical Exemption

  • 1968 Aug 15 

    Sagar Mission was entrusted to the CMI

  • 1971

    General Procura was started in Rome

  • 1972 April 29 

    Bijnor and Jagdalpur Missions were entrusted to the CMI

  • 1974 July 16 

    Rajkot Mission was entrusted to the CMI

  • 1976 Jan 6 

    Dharmaram Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology, ‘Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (DVK) was established in Dharmaram College Campus, Bengaluru

  • 1977

    5 CMI Members were consecrated as the Bishops

    • 25 April 1977 Episcopal Ordination of Mar Clemens Thottungal (Sagar)
    • 03 May 1977 Episcopal Ordination of Mar Januarius Palathuruthy (Chanda)
    • 11th May 1977 Episcopal Ordination of Mar Jonas Thaliath (Rajkot)
    • 11th May 1977 Episcopal Ordination of Mar Paulinus Jeerakath (Jagdalpur)
    • 06th Nov 1977 Episcopal Ordination of Mar Gratian Mundadan (Bijnor)
  • 1978

    General Synaxis decides to establish:

    • Mar Thoma Province, Chanda
    • Saint Thomas Province, Kozhikode
    • Nirmal Vice-Province, Jagdalpur
    • Saint Paul’s Vice-Province, Mysore
    • Preshitha Vice-Province, Coimbatore
    • Saint Joseph Province, Kottayam
    • Saint Joseph’s Province,Thiruvananthapuram
  • 1981 May 11 

    150th Jubilee of the CMI Congregation

  • 1981 July 16

    The beginning of the Mission Philosophate, the ‘Darsana Institute of Philosophy’ at Poornodaya Campus in Bhopal.

    1983 April 24 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Gregory Karotemprel (Rajkot)

  • 1983 June 

    Darsana Institute of Philosophy was shifted to Wardha to Bhopal

  • 1983 July 25

    The Renewed CMI Constitutions and Directory were definitively approved by the Vatican

  • 1983 Dec 14 

    Anudhavana, Mancherial: The First CMI Mission Novitiate outside Kerala

  • 1984 April 07 

    Kuriakose Elias Chavara was declared ‘Venerable’.

  • 1986 Feb 08 

    Venerable Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Venerable Alphonsa were declared ‘Blessed’ by Pope John Paul II at Kottayam

  • 1987 Feb 22 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Joseph Pastor Neelankavil (Sagar)

  • 1990 July 03 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Vijay Anand Nedumpuram (Chanda)

  • 1991 Jan 11 

    General Synaxis erects the Vice-Provinces of Sagar and Bijnor; SH Province Kalamassery was bifurcated into two provinces, namely, Sacred Heart, Kalamassery, and Carmel, Muvattupuzha

  • 1992 Dec 16 

    The Syro-Malabar Church was raised to the Status of a Major Archiepiscopal Church

  • 1993 March 19 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Simon Stock Palathra (Jagdalpur)

  • 1993 May 20 

    Mar Antony Cardinal Padiyara was installed as the first Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Church

  • 1993 Dec 3 

    Erection of Saint Xavier’s Vice-Province, Rajkot

  • 1994 July 3 

    Samanvaya Theological College was established at Bhopal.

  • 1996 Aug 29

    Saint Paul Vice-Province, Sagar was raised to the status of Province

  • 1997 Jan 26 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Emmanuel Pothanamuzhy (Mananthavady)

  • 1999 July 16 

    New Eparchy of Adilabad was established (bifurcated from the Eparchy of Chanda)

  • 1999 Oct 6

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Joseph Kunnath (Adilabad)

  • 2002 April 07 

    Establishment of five more CMI Provinces

    • 1. Nirmal Province, Jagdalpur 

    • 2. Preshitha Province, Coimbatore 

    • 3. Saint Xavier’s Province, Rajkot

    • 4. Saint John’s Province, Bijnor 

    • 5. Saint Paul’s Province, Mysore
  • 2005 Jan 03

    200th Jayanti Celebrations of Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara

  • 2005 July 16

    CMI Contemplative Ashram was started at Malayattoor

  • 2005 Dec 08 

    50th Anniversary of the Canonical Foundation of the CMI Congregation

  • 2006 May 11 

    1175th Anniversary of the starting of the CMI Congregation

  • 2007 Jan 03 

    Blessing of the CMI Generalate at Chavara Hills, Kakkanad, Kochi

  • 2007 Oct 28

    Golden Jubilee of Dharmaram College

  • 2007 Dec 08

    Inauguration of the CMI Regional House in Kenya

  • 2008 March 31 

    Establishment of Mary Matha Vice-Province, Bellampally

  • 2009 Oct 22 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar John Vadakkel (Bijnor)

  • 2010 Sept 11 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Jose Chittooparampil (Rajkot)

  • 2011 March 28 

    Establishment of Saint Chavara Vice-Province, Bhavnagar

  • 2012 Sept 24 

    Golden Jubilee of Chanda Mission

  • 2013 Sept 17 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Joseph Kollamparampil (Jagdalpur)

  • 2014 March 29 

    Father Canisius CMI was declared ‘Servant of God’

  • 2014 Nov 23 

    Canonization of Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara by Pope Francis in Rome

  • 2014 Nov 29 

    National Thanksgiving Celebration of Canonization at CMI Rajagiri Valley, Kakkanad

  • 2015 Oct 14 

    Establishment of the CMI German Delegation

  • 2015 Oct 18 

    Episcopal Ordination of Mar Antony Kariyil (Mandya)

  • 2016 Feb 10

    ‘Amazon Mission’ - The First batch of the CMI missionaries landed in Santarem, Brazil

  • 2016 Oct 06 

    Establishment of the CMI Delegation for USA and Canada; Landing of the CMI Missionaries in Arunachal Pradesh:Starting of Tuting Mission in Arunachal Pradesh by St. Paul Province, Bhopal.

  • 2017 Jan 20

    Official signing of the MOU with the Santarem Diocese, Brazil

  • 2017 June 14 

    Blessing of the Chavara Dham Mission Novitiate (Inter-Provincial), at Budni, MP

  • 2017 Oct 10 

    All India Jurisdiction was granted to the Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Church

  • 2019 Sept 7 

    Archbishop Antony Kariyil was installed as the Metropolitan Vicar of the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly; Beginning of the Boleng Misssion in Arunachal Pradesh and landing of the CMI Pioneering Missionaries in Uganda- both the Missions were initiated by St. Paul Province, Bhopal

  • 2020 Jan 3 

    Inauguration of the Chavara Jubilee Year, the marking the 150th Death Anniversary of Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara

  • 2021

    Blessing and Inauguration of the First CMI House -‘Carmelites House’- in Kanyanda, Uganda initiated by St. Paul Province, Bhopal