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| name = Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal OFM,Cap.<br />
| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar|Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar]]<br />
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| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi|Delhi]]<br />
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar|Jammu–Srinagar]]<br />
| appointed = 10 Mar 1986<br />
| enthroned = 29 Jun 1986<br />
| ended = 3 Apr 1998<br />
| predecessor = Position established<br />
| successor = [[Peter Celestine Elampassery]]<br />
| ordination = 11 April 1951<br />
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| consecration = 29 June 1986<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Jozef Tomko]]<br />
| birth_name = Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal<br />
| birth_date = 14 March 1921<br />
| birth_place = [[Alappuzha]] [[Kerala]] India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|8|9|1921|3|14}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kerala]]<br />
| buried = [[Kerala]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]<br />
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend<br />
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| native_name = ഹിപ്പോളിറ്റസ് ആന്റണി കുന്നങ്കൽ<br />
| native_name_lang = Malayalam<br />
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Bishop Emeritus '''Dr. Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|OFM, Cap]]'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzU9NyOycG4C&q=books+by+bishop++Hippolytus+Kunnunkal&pg=PA305|title=Paths of Mission in India Today|last=Kanjamala|first=Augustine|date=1997|publisher=St Pauls BYB|isbn=9788171092864|language=en}}</ref>'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jammusrinagardiocese.org/index.php?r=site/page&view=history|title=Diocese of Jammu Srinagar {{!}} History|website=jammusrinagardiocese.org|language=en|access-date=2017-08-21}}</ref> was first Indian [[Apostolic prefect|Prefect Apostolic]] and First [[Bishop in the Catholic Church|Bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar|Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born on 14 March 1921 in [[Alappuzha|Alappuzha city]] in the state of [[Kerala]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://araldicaecclesiastica.blogspot.com/2017/03/stemma-di-fr-hippolytus-anthony.html|title=Araldica ecclesiastica: Stemma di fr. Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, OFMCap., Prefetto apostolico di Jammu e Kashmir (1978-1986) e quindi Vescovo di Jammu-Srinagar (1986-1998)|last=Frama|date=2017-03-22|website=Araldica ecclesiastica|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref><br />
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== Priesthood ==<br />
He was Ordained a Priest on 11 April 1951. He was a missionary priest belonging to [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin]].<br />
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== Prefecture ==<br />
He was Appointed [[Apostolic prefect|Prefect Apostolic]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] on 11 November 1978.<br />
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== Episcopate ==<br />
He was Consecrated Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar]] on 29 June 1986. While bishop of Jammu Sringar, he started an initiative to translate the Bible into [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], which would be completed in 2011, after his death.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carvalho|first1=Nirmala|title=Kashmiri translation of Bible completed, the work of a convert|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Kashmiri-translation-of-Bible-completed,-the-work-of-a-convert-20892.html|website=AsiaNews.it|accessdate=17 June 2017|date=28 February 2011}}</ref> He died on 9 August 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org|title=Catholic-Hierarchy: Its Bishops and Dioceses, Current and Past|last=Cheney|first=David M.|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2017-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jamm0.htm|title=Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar, India|work=GCatholic|access-date=2017-04-24}}</ref><br />
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| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar|Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar]]<br />
| years = 1986 - 1998<br />
| before = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar|Jammu-Srinagar Diocese]] Created<br />
| after = [[Peter Celestine Elampassery]]<br />
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