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{{Short description|Syro-Malabar Catholic Archbishop in India}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = [[Mar (title)|Mar]]
| name = George Njaralakatt<br />{{Script/Mdnh|ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ}}
| honorific-suffix =
| title = Archbishop Emeritus [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry|Tellicherry]]
| image = archbishop_njaralakatt.jpg
| caption =
| province =
| predecessor = George Valiamattam
| successor = Joseph Pamplany
| ordination = 20 December 1971
| consecration = 7 April 2010
| other_post =
| rank = Metropolitan Archbishop
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|6|23}}
| birth_place = [[Kalayanthani]], Thodupuzha, Idukki District, Kerala, India
| buried =
| residence = Bishop's House, [[Tellicherry]]
| parents =
| spouse =
| children =
| occupation =
| profession =
| alma_mater =
| signature =
| archdiocese = Tellicherry
| church = Syro Malabar Catholic Church
| retired = 15 January 2022
| ordained_by = Sebastian Vallopilly
| education = St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha<br>University of Mysore<br>Pontifical Salesian University, Rome
| elected = 29 August 2014
| term = 30 October 2014 – 15 January 2022
| previous_post = Bishop of Mandya<br>Vicar General Diosece of Bhadravathy
}}
'''George Njaralakatt''' (born 23 June 1946) is an [[archbishop]] of the [[Syro-Malabar Church]] who was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry|Archdiocese of Tellicherry]] from 2014 until his retirement on 15 January 2022.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/new-archbishop-installed-114103001443_1.html | title=George Njaralakatt as Archbishop | access-date=30 October 2014| newspaper=Business Standard India | date=30 October 2014 | agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref> He was also the first Bishop of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mandya|Diocese of Mandya]].

==Early life==
George Njaralakatt was born to Varkey and Mary Njaralakatt on 23 June 1946 at [[Kalayanthani]] in [[Thodupuzha]] [[Taluk]] in [[Idukki District]]. His LP School studies were at [[Saint Joseph|St. Josephs]] School, [[Arakuzha]] and he completed UP at St. Marys High School near [[Muvattupuzha]]. His family migrated to Malabar in 1960 and settled in [[Nadavayal]], [[Wayanad]], where he completed high school studies at [[Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas]] High School, [[Nadavayal]]. After high school he joined St. Joseph's Minor Seminary Thalasserry, Tellicherry, later on he completed his philosophy and theology at [https://www.mangalapuzha.org/ St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha, Aluva], achieved a BA degree at [[Mysore University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mandyadiocese.org/home/inner/34 | title=Early life of Bishop George | access-date=26 December 2013 | archive-date=14 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214200441/http://www.mandyadiocese.org/home/inner/34 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/bishop.php?id=21 | title=Early life of Bishop George | access-date=26 December 2013 | archive-date=27 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227103825/http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/bishop.php?id=21 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mand2.htm | title=Early life of Bishop George | access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref> He also holds a Licentiate in Catechetical Theology from [[Salesian Pontifical University|Salesian Pontifical University, Rome]].

==Priesthood==
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After completing college studies, he joined St. Joseph's Minor Seminary in [[Thalasserry]] in 1963. He was ordained a priest on 20 December 1971 at [[Thalassery]] and worked in various roles in the archdiocese, including a tenure as Vicar General of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Bhadravathi|Diocese of Bhadravathi]]. From 2007 to 2010, he was the Vicar of St. Mary's Forane Church, Arakuzha.

== As a bishop ==

===Bishop of Mandya (2010–2014)===
On 18 January 2010, he was appointed the Bishop of the newly erected [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mandya|Diocese of Mandya]], in [[Karnataka]] and was consecrated on 7 April 2010 at the Infant Jesus Cathedral Church at [[Hinkal]], Mysore.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.diocesemdy.org/home/inner/56 | title=Ordination details | access-date=26 December 2013 }};{{cite web | url=http://www.mandyadiocese.org/home/inner/33 | title=George Njaralakatt appointed as Mandya Bishop | access-date=26 December 2013 | archive-date=14 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214171409/http://www.mandyadiocese.org/home/inner/33 | url-status=dead }};{{cite web |url=http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/mainnews_details_temp.php?id=158 |title=Appointed as Bishop of Mandya |access-date=26 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227064743/http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/mainnews_details_temp.php?id=158 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>

===Archbishop of Thalassery (2014–2022)===
On 30 October 2014, he was raised as the Archbishop of Archdiocese of Tellicherry at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Tellicherry.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.cyclopaedia.net/wiki/Njaralakatt&prev=/search%3Fq%3DBishop%2BMar%2BGeorge%2BNjaralakatt%2B-school%26start%3D10%26client%3Dfirefox-beta%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D598 | title=Details about Bishop | access-date=26 December 2013 }};{{cite web |url=http://www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org/events.php |title=Archbishop Mar George Njaralakatt Biography |access-date=13 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215124936/http://www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org/events.php |archive-date=15 February 2015 |df=dmy }};{{cite web | url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/08/29/pope_approves_appointment_of_archbishop_of_tellicherrypope__/1105484 | title=Pope approves appointment of Archbishop of Tellicherry | access-date=13 February 2015 }};{{cite web | url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/30403/pope-approves-new-bishop-for-syro-malabar-eparchy-in-india | title=Pope approves new archbishop | access-date=13 February 2015 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org Official Website of Archdiocese of Tellicherry]
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnjaral.html George Njaralakatt on Catholic-Hierarchy.org]

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