Kuriakose Elias Chavara

(1805-1871)

Indian Carmelite priest and Religious Founder

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Kuriakose Elias Chavara, C.M.I. (10 February 1805 – 3 January 1871) was an Indian Catholic priest and social reformer. He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and belongs to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church based in the state of Kerala. He was the co-founder and first Prior General of the first congregation for men in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, now known as the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.), and of a similar one for women, the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (C.M.C.).

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Born	10 February 1805 Kainakary, Travancore
Died	3 January 1871 (aged 65) Koonammavu, Kingdom of Cochin, British Raj (now in Ernakulam, Kerala, India)
Zodiac	Aquarius
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