Jacob Angadiath

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Mar Jacob Angadiath
Bishop Emeritus of Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago
Church	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Diocese	Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago
Appointed	March 13, 2001
Installed	July 1, 2001
Retired	July 3, 2022
Predecessor	First Eparch
Successor	Mar Joy Alappatt
Previous post(s)	Vicar
Orders
Ordination	January 5, 1972
Consecration	July 1, 2001 by Varkey Vithayathil, Joseph Pallikaparampil, and Kuriakose Kunnacherry
Personal details
Born	(1945-09-26) September 26, 1945 (age 79) Periappuram, Travancore, British India
Motto	To love, to serve

Styles of Jacob Angadiath
Reference style	Mar
Spoken style	Mar
Religious style	Eparch

Mar Jacob Angadiath (born October 26, 1945) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church; he was serving as the first bishop of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago from July 2001 until his retirement on July 3, 2022.^[1]

Angadiath was born on October 26, 1945, at Periappuram in the princely state of Cochin (modern day Ernakulam District, Kerala) in India. He was sent to Dallas, Texas, in 1984 under the auspices of the Overseas Mission of the Syro-Malabar Church to initiate a Syro-Malabar ministry in the United States.^[2]

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