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Adolph Medlycott

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The Most Reverend
Mar Adolph Medlycott
First Vicar Apostolic of Thrissur
Province Cochin
Diocese Apostolic Vicariate of Trichur
See Tricomia
Term ended 1896
Successor Mar John Menachery
Other posts Founder, St. Thomas College, Thrissur
Orders
Ordination 17 March 1861
Consecration 13 September 1887
Rank Bishop
Personal details
Born 15 May 1838
Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj
Died 4 May 1918 (aged 79)
Buried Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Parents Adolphus Edwin Medlycott and Annette
Occupation Priesthood
Alma mater Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Mar Adolph Medlycott was the first Bishop of the Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrissur. He was born at Chittagong on 15 May 1838. Medlycott spent his last days in Bangalore where he died on 4 May 1918. His remains were later reinterred, first in the Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours in 1945.[1]

Books

  • India and the Apostle Thomas: An Inquiry, with a Critical Analysis of the Acta Thomae by A. E. Medlycott; Published 1905 by David Nutt. Reprinted unabridged in the Indian Church History Classics, Vol. I, Ed. G. Menachery, Ollur, 1998.
  • Saint Thomas Christians, A. E. Medlycott (1912), Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, Robert Appleton Company. Volume 14, pp. 678–688[2][3]

References

  1. Back to citation "Trichur Archdiocese, Kerala, India". Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2008; "Adolphus E. Medlycott". David C. Kandathil. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013; "Apostolic Christians". David C. Kandathil.
  2. Back to citation "Adolphus E. Medlycott". David C. Kandathil. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. Back to citation "Apostolic Christians". David C. Kandathil.