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Mar John Alappatt
Eparch of St. Thomas of Chicago

Church	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Diocese	Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago
Appointed	July 3, 2022
Installed	October 1, 2022
Predecessor	Jacob Angadiath
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Eparch of St. Thomas of Chicago (2014-2022) Titular Bishop of Bencenna (2014-2022)
Orders
Ordination	December 31, 1981 by James Pazhayattil
Consecration	September 27, 2014 by George Alencherry, Jacob Angadiath and Pauly Kannookadan
Personal details
Born	John Alappatt (1956-09-27) September 27, 1956 (age 68) Parappukara, Kerala, India
Motto	Joyfully for your souls

Styles of Joy Alappatt

Reference style	Mar
Spoken style	Mar
Religious style	Eparch

Mar John "Joy" Alappatt (born September 27, 1956) is an Indian-born bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in the United States. He serves as the eparch of St. Thomas Eparchy of Chicago since 2022.

He served as the auxiliary bishop of the same eparchy from 2014–2022.

Biography

Early life and ministry

John Joy Alappatt was born in Parappukara, Kerala, India. He studied for the priesthood at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary in Vadavathoor, and was ordained a priest for the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda in India on December 31, 1981, by Bishop James Pazhayattil. Alappatt continued his studies at St. Joseph's Pontifical Institute in Aluva an at the Adheva University in Wattair. He was then engaged in pastoral work in Chalkudy, Mala, the cathedral in Irinjalakuda, and as a chaplain in Chennai. In 1993 he was transferred to the United States where he served as a chaplain at the Georgetown University Medical Center where he also completed his clinical pastoral education program. Alappatt also served in pastoral assignments in New Milford, Newark and Garfield, New Jersey and as the vicar at the Mar Thoma Shleeha Cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois.

Auxiliary Bishop

Pope Francis named Alappatt as the titular bishop of Bencenna and the Auxiliary Bishop of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chicago on July 24, 2014. He was ordained a bishop by George Alencherry, the major archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, on September 27, 2014. The principal co-consecrators were Jacob Angadiath of Chicago and Pauly Kannookadan of Irinjalakuda.

Eparch

On July 3, 2022, Pope Francis accepted Bishop Jacob Angadiath's resignation, and named Alappatt as successor.

Alappatt was installed at the Mar Thoma Sleeha Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois by head of the Syro-Malabar Church George Alencherry, Jacob Angadiath, and Stephen Chirappanath in the presence of Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

On July 20, 2024, Mar Joy Alappatt celebrated the Holy Qurbana at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress with Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Archbishop Borys Gudziak in front of a crowd of 25,000 people including Papal Delegate Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and Apostolic Nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre

References

^ "New auxiliary bishop for US Syro-Malabar eparchy named". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
"Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
"Bishop John "Joy" Alappat". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
"Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
"Episcopal Installation of Bishop Joy Alappatt". Mar Thoma Sleeha Cathedral. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
"Thousands discover 'beautiful diversity' around the Eucharist at congress's Eastern liturgies". Detroit Catholic. Retrieved 2024-08-21.

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Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago Official Site

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