Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kuriakose Elias Chavara

Indian Carmelite priest and Religious Founder

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1805

Place of Birth: Kainakary, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1871

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara, C.M.I.
(also known as Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara) (10 February 1805 – 3 January 1871) was an Indian Catholic priest and social reformer.
He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and belongs to the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic Church based in the state of Kerala.
He was the co-founder and first Prior General of the first congregation for men in the Syro-Malabar Church, now known as the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.), and of a similar one for women, the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (C.M.C.).