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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Priest
| honorific_prefix = [[Servant of God]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1894|12|8}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1963|6|9|1894|12|8}}
| feast_day = 9 June
| saint_title = Servant of God
| church = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]
| image = Antony Thachuparambil.jpg
| caption = Mural of Antony Thachuparambil at Kottat Church, Chalakudy, Kerala
| birth_place = [[Kottat]], [[Thrissur District]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_place = [[Chelakkara]], [[Thrissur district]]
| occupation = {{hlist | [[Catholic priest]] | [[social reformer]] }}
}}

'''Antony Thachuparambil''' (8 December 1894 – 9 June 1963), popularly known as ''the Missionary of Chelakkara'' was an Indian [[Syro-Malabar]] priest and [[social reformer]] who worked in the backward area of [[Chelakkara]], [[Thrissur]] District, [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=http://www.frthachuparambil.org/thachuparambil.html | title=History | publisher=St. Mary's Church, Chelakkara | date=2015 | accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> He was declared [[Servant of God]] by the [[Holy See]] in 2009 for his ''Heroic Virtues''.

== Early years ==
Antony Thachuparambil was born on 8 December 1894 in Kottat, a suburban village of [[Chalakudy]] in [[Kerala]] to Poulose and Rosa.<ref name="History" /> He had his early schooling in Chalakudy Government High School and college education in [[St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli]]. He continued his pastoral education at [[Mary Matha Major Seminary]], [[Thrissur]] and was ordained on 22 Dec 1924.<ref name="History" /><ref name="Servant of God Fr. Antony Thachuparambil">{{Cite web |title=Servant of God Fr. Antony Thachuparambil |url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/saint_antonythachuparambil.php?keepTh |access-date=2020-12-09 |website=www.syromalabarchurch.in}}</ref>

== Social career ==
Thachuparambil started his career in 1928 as the first Chaplain of [[Chelakkara]], a backward forest area in [[Thrissur]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20140528190544/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kerala-priest-declared-as-servant-of-god/94542-3.html ]</ref> There, he worked among the poor and he built St. Mary's Forane Church,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6MulelO0S3fODlkOWRjNjQtZjRmMy00YzkwLTkyYzctMWNkNmEyMmU2MmQ2/edit?hl=en&pli=1 |title=chelakkara.pdf - Google Drive |date= |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> a school for girls (Little Flower Girls High School), a destitute home for children<ref name="Glorified Souls">{{Cite web |url=http://www.trichurarchdiocese.org/archeparchy/glorified_souls |title=Glorified Souls |date=2017-11-07 |website=Archdiocese of Trichur |access-date=2017-11-07}}</ref> which was later renamed ''Fr. Antony Balabhavan'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smcim.org/church/chelakkara/parishat |title=chelakkara |publisher=Smcim.org |date= |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> a convent for nuns, Little Flower Convent <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smcim.org/house/chflfchelakkara/article/47 |title=Little Flower Convent |publisher=Smcim.org |date=1930-05-30 |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> and a health clinic which later grew to become Jeevodaya Mission Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smcim.org/healthcare/jmhchelakkara |title=Jeevodhaya Mission Hospital |publisher=Smcim.org |date= |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref>

== Canonization ==
Thachuparambil is said to be credited with several [[miracle]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://devotionsandprayers.blogspot.ae/2009_06_01_archive.html |title=DEVOTIONS & PRAYERS: June 2009 |publisher=Devotionsandprayers.blogspot.ae |date=2009-06-09 |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1963.htm |title=1963 |publisher=Newsaints.faithweb.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> which are being considered and verified by Roman Catholic Church.<ref name="Frtachuparambil.org ::: The Missionary of Chelakkara">{{Cite web |title=Frtachuparambil.org ::: The Missionary of Chelakkara |url=http://frthachuparambil.org/canonization.html |access-date=2020-12-09 |website=frthachuparambil.org}}</ref> His contributions for the overall development of Chelakkara, reportedly irrespective of the caste, creed or colour, were considered by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] when deciding upon initiation of his [[canonization]] process. Paul Pulikkan was appointed the [[postulator]] and as the first step towards canonization, Antony Thachuparambil was declared [[Servant of God]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] on 9 December 2009.<ref name="Mother Petra takes first step towards sainthood">{{Cite web |title=Mother Petra takes first step towards sainthood |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2009/jun/15mother-petra-named-servant-of-god.htm |access-date=2020-12-09 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> In December 2020, the diocese court completed the formalities and prepared an 8090-page document detailing the priest's life and works, to be submitted to the [[Holy See]].<ref name="ദൈവദാസൻ ആന്റണി തച്ചുപറമ്പിലിന്റെ അതിരൂപത നാമകരണ നടപടികൾ സമാപിച്ചു">{{Cite web |title=ദൈവദാസൻ ആന്റണി തച്ചുപറമ്പിലിന്റെ അതിരൂപത നാമകരണ നടപടികൾ സമാപിച്ചു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/thrissur/news/09dec2020-1.5266035 |access-date=2020-12-09 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref>

== In the media ==
[[Shalom (TV channel)|Shalom Television]] aired a documentary on the life of Thachuparambil as an episode under their series, ''Saints Town'' in 2015.<ref name="Fr. Antony Thachuparambil">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9p48dPiSC4 |title=Fr. Antony Thachuparambil |publisher=Shalom Television |year=2015 |author-link=Prem Prakash Louis |publication-place=Chelakkara, Kerala, India |edition=Episode 22 |series=SaintsTown |minutes=27:46 |format=Documentary}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[George Vakayil]]
* [[Mathew Kavukattu]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=http://frthachuparambil.org/index.html |title=Home Page |date=2017-11-07 |website=Frthachuparambil.org |access-date=2017-11-07}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/health_institutions.php?id=7647 |title=Jeevodhaya Mission Hospital |date=2017-11-07 |website=Syro-Malabar Church |access-date=2017-11-07}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/syro-malabar_saints.php |title=SAINTS, BLESSEDS, VENERABLES, SERVANTS OF GOD OF THE SYRO MALABAR CHURCH |date=2017-11-07 |website=Syro-Malabar Church |access-date=2017-11-07}}

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