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'''Joseph C. Panjikaran''' (1888-1949) of [[Cherthala|Shertallay]] was a [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Syro-Malabar Catholic]] monsignor, historian, theologian, journalist, and the founder of the Dharmagiri Hospital, [[Kothamangalam]], and the Congregation of the Medical Sisters of St. Joseph (Dharmagiri sisters).<ref>[http://www.smcim.org/cong/msj Medical Sisters of St. Joseph]</ref><ref name = pan>[http://geocities.ws/kandathil/kandathil/ernakulam_archdiocese/panjikaran/panjikaran.html Mgr. Joseph C. Panjikaran]</ref><br />
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The cause of his canonisation was initiated by the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam|Diocese of Kothamangalam]] in 2010.<ref>[http://www.smcim.org/congregationupdates/update/7?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=800 Beatification of Mgr. Joseph C. Panjikaran initiated]</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Joseph C. Panjikaran was born on 10 September 1888 in the village of Uzhuva, in the diocese of Ernakulam as the son of Chacko Panjikaran and Mariam Kanichattu.<br />
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Panjikaran became director of the propagation of faith in the Vicariate of Ernakulam. He believed that the church had responsibility to provide medical services to the poor and the sick. He opened a hospital named Dharmagiri at Kothamangalam, Kerala in 1934 and founded the congregation of Medical Sisters of St. Joseph in 1944.<ref name=Nirm>{{cite web | url=http://www.msjnirmalaprovince.org/home/inner/23 | title=Biography of our founder | publisher=Nirmala province, MSJ.}}</ref><br />
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He died of a heart attack on 4 November 1949.<ref name=Nirm /><br />
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