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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = [[His Grace]], [[The Most Reverend]]
| name = Joy Alappat
| title = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago|Auxiliary Eparch of St. Thomas of Chicago]]<br>[[Titular Bishop]] of [[Sidi Brahim|Bencenna]]
| image = Bishop-alappatt.jpg
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| church = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = 
| diocese = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago]]
| see = 
| appointed = July 24, 2014
| enthroned = September 27, 2014
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| other_post = Titular Bishop of [[Sidi Brahim|Bencenna]]
<!--   Orders   -->| ordination = December 31, 1981
| ordained_by = [[James Pazhayattil]]
| consecration = September 27, 2014
| consecrated_by = [[George Alencherry]], [[Jacob Angadiath]] and Pauly Kannookadan
| rank = <!--   Personal details   -->
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|27}}
| birth_place = Parappukara, [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| death_date = 
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| previous_post = Vicar
| religion = 
| motto = Joyfully for your souls
}}

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'''[[Mar]] Joy Alappat''' (born September 27, 1956) is an [[India]]n-born [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|bishop]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in the [[United States]].  He is serving as the [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of the [[St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chicago]] since 2014.

==Biography==
===Early life and ministry===
John Joy Alappat 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.  Alappat continued his studies at St. Joseph's Pontifical Institute in [[Aluva]] an at the Adheva University in Wattair.<ref name=cna>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/new-auxiliary-bishop-for-us-syro-malabar-diocese-named-40104/|title=New auxiliary bishop for US Syro-Malabar eparchy named|publisher=[[Catholic News Agency]]|accessdate=2014-12-10|last=|first=}}</ref>  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 their clinical pastoral education program.  Alappat also served in pastoral assignments in [[New Milford, Connecticut]], [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] and [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]], [[New Jersey]] and as the vicar at the [[Mar Thoma Shleeha Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral (Bellwood, Illinois)|Mar Thoma Shleeha Cathedral]] in [[Bellwood, Illinois]].<ref name=cna/>

===Episcopacy===
[[Pope Francis]] named Alappat as the [[Titular Bishop]] of ''Bencenna'' and the Auxiliary Bishop of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chicago on July 24, 2014.<ref name=gcatholic>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-1.htm|title=Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees|publisher=Giga Catholic|accessdate=2014-12-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116225742/http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-1.htm|archivedate=2014-11-16}}</ref>  He was ordained a bishop by [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[George Alencherry]], the [[Major Archbishop]] of [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly|Ernakulam-Angamaly]], on September 27, 2014.  The principal co-consecrators were Bishops [[Jacob Angadiath]] of Chicago and Pauly Kannookadan of Irinjalakuda.<ref name=hierarchy>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/balappat.html|title=Bishop John "Joy" Alappat|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy|accessdate=2014-12-10|last=|first=}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Catholic Church hierarchy]]
* [[Catholic Church in the United States]]
* [[Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States]]
* [[List of Catholic bishops of the United States]]
* [[Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.stthomasdiocese.org/ Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago Official Site]

==Episcopal succession==
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[[Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Francis]]
[[Category:Eastern Catholic bishops in the United States]]