Jose Pereppadan

Jose Pereppadan

Jose Pereppadan Born                           21 October 1946 (Age 69) Nationality                 Indian Occupation                Parochial Vicar

 

Jose Pereppadan CMI (born on 21 October 1946)^[1] is a parochial vicar in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Covington, Kentucky, the United States of America.

Contents

·        Birth and Education

·        Later Career

·        References

 Birth and Education                               

Jose Pereppadan was born on 21 October 1946. He belongs to Nalukettu parish, under the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Kerala, India. He joined the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) and made his first profession on 16 May 1968 and final profession on 1 January 1970; he belongs to the CMI Devamatha Province, Thrissur. He was ordained a priest in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church on 28 April 1979. ^[1]

His post-Secondary education includes degrees in physics, philosophy, and a PhD^[2] in Theology from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.^[2]

Later Career

Throughout his life, Jose Pereppadan has served in several roles such as lecturer of philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (DVK), Finance Administrator of DVK (1997-2000), Vicar of St. Chavara Church, Ejipura, Bangalore, India (1997-2003),^[3] and the Assistant Pastor at the Seventh Medical Command, United States’ Army Hospital in Germany. From 2009 onwards he is serving as a Parochial Vicar in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Covington, Kentucky, the United States of America.