The Most Reverend

Alex Kaliyanil

S.V.D.
Archbishop of Bulawayo
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Bulawayo
Appointed20 June 2009
Installed12 September 2009
PredecessorPius Ncube
Orders
Ordination7 May 1988
Consecration12 September 2009
by George Kocherry
Personal details
Born
Alexander Thomas Kaliyanil

(1960-05-27)27 May 1960
Vallamchira, Manimala, India
DenominationRoman Catholic
Styles of
Alex Kaliyanil
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleArchbishop

Alexander Thomas Kaliyanil S.V.D. (born 27 May 1960) is an Indian Roman Catholic missionary and the current Archbishop of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.

Biography

Born in Vallachira, Kerala, Kaliyanil joined the Divine Word Missionaries in 1987 and was ordained a priest on 7 May 1988,[1] being sent to Zimbabwe the year after. He holds a Diploma in Economics from Mysore University, India. Since 1989 he has been a missionary in Zimbabwe, in the Archdiocese of Bulawayo, where he held the following positions: 1990–1992: vicar of Holy Cross Parish in Tshabalala, 1992–1997: parish mission Embakwe, 1997–2005: parish priest of St. Joseph Tsholotsho and dean of the Southern and Northern Deanery, 2005–2008: diocesan bursar; since 2001: ex officio director of the Catholic Development Commission (Caritas Zimbabwe) from 2008: regional superior of the Society of the Divine Word in Zimbabwe.[2] He became archdiocesan treasurer in 2005, and the local superior of the Divine Word Missionaries in 2008.[2][3]

On 20 June 2009, Kaliyanil was appointed the third archbishop of Bulawayo by Pope Benedict XVI.[1] He succeeds the politically outspoken Pius Ncube, who resigned as archbishop in September 2007 amid accusations of adultery.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  2. 1 2 Palmo, Rocco (20 June 2009). "Out of Africa...of Sorts". Whispers in the Loggia.
  3. ↑ Pasipanodya, Nancy (20 June 2009). "Pope Benedict appoints new archbishop, replaces Pius Ncube". The Zimbabwe Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009.
  4. ↑ Palmo, Rocco (11 September 2007). "Amid Adultery Scandal, Ncube Falls on Sword". Whispers in the Loggia.
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