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'''James Athikalam''' (born 5 July 1958) is an Indian prelate of the [[Syro-Malabar Church]]. Since January 2018, he is the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Sagar|Bishop of Sagar]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Athikalam was ordained a priest on 22 March 1984, in the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Thomas the Apostle. He worked mainly in monastic seminaries. He was also, among others, general director of the congregation and head of the monastic project of the Nirmal Jyothi Mental Health Program.<ref name="bio">{{cite web | url= http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/bishop.php?id=101 | title= Mar James Athikalam | website= syromalabarchurch.in | language= en | accessdate= 2022-08-19 | archive-date= 7 December 2022 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221207092313/http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/bishop.php?id=101 | url-status= dead }}</ref><br />
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On 12 January 2018, following the retirement of his predecessor [[Anthony Chirayath]], Athikalam was appointed bishop of Sagar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/01/12/0022/00049.html|title=Rinuncia del Vescovo dell’Eparchia di Sagar dei Siro-Malabaresi (India) e nomina del nuovo Vescovo|website=vatican.va|date=2018-01-12|accessdate=2018-01-12|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2018-01/new-bishop-sagar-diocese.html|title=Pope appoints a new bishop for the Eparchy of Sagar, India|date=12 January 2018}}</ref> He was conferred episcopal chirotonium on 17 April by the head of the Syro-Malabar Church, Archbishop [[George Alencherry]].<br />
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