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| name = Alex Kaliyanil<br />
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| title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo|Archbishop of Bulawayo]]<br />
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| consecration = 12 September 2009<br />
| consecrated_by = [[George Kocherry]]<br />
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| birth_name = Alexander Thomas Kaliyanil<br />
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'''Alexander Thomas Kaliyanil''' [[Divine Word Missionaries|S.V.D.]] (born 27 May 1960) is an [[India]]n [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[missionary]] and the current [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo|Archbishop of Bulawayo]] in [[Zimbabwe]]. [http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/24021.php?index=24021&lang=en]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
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Born in [[Vallachira]], [[Kerala]], Kaliyanil joined the [[Divine Word Missionaries]] in 1987 and was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] on 7 May 1988,<ref name=hierarchy>{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D.|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkaliy.html}}</ref> 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.<ref name=palmo>{{cite news|date=2009-06-20|work=Whispers in the Loggia|title=Out of Africa...of Sorts|url=http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2009/06/out-of-africa-of-sorts.html|last=Palmo|first=Rocco}}</ref> He became [[Diocese|archdiocesan]] [[treasurer]] in 2005, and the local [[Superior (hierarchy)|superior]] of the Divine Word Missionaries in 2008.<ref name=palmo/><ref name=guardian>{{cite news|date=2009-06-20 |work=The Zimbabwe Guardian |title=Pope Benedict appoints new archbishop, replaces Pius Ncube |url=http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/117/ARTICLE/4917/2009-06-20.html |last=Pasipanodya |first=Nancy |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622000057/http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/117/ARTICLE/4917/2009-06-20.html |archivedate=22 June 2009 }}</ref><br />
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On 20 June 2009, Kaliyanil was appointed the third [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo|archbishop of Bulawayo]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].<ref name=hierarchy/> He succeeds the politically outspoken [[Pius Ncube]], who resigned as archbishop in September 2007 amid accusations of adultery.<ref name=ncube>{{cite news|date=2007-09-11|work=Whispers in the Loggia|title=Amid Adultery Scandal, Ncube Falls on Sword|url=http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2007/09/amid-scandal-ncube-falls-on-sword.html|last=Palmo|first=Rocco}}</ref><br />
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