# Alexander Chulaparambil

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{{Short description|Indian bishop}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type             = bishop
| honorific-prefix = Mar
| name             = Alexander Choolaparambil
| honorific-suffix = Bishop
| title            = [Bishop of Kottayam](/source/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Kottayam) (1923–1951)<br>Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam (1914–1923)
| image            =Alexander Chulaparambil1.png
| alt              = 
| caption          = 
| diocese      = [Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam](/source/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Kottayam)
| see              = [Kottayam](/source/Kottayam)
| appointed        = 16 July 1914
| term_start       = 1 November 1914
| term_end         = 8 January 1951
| predecessor      = [Matthew Makil](/source/Matthew_Makil)
| successor        = [Thomas Tharayil](/source/Thomas_Tharayil_(bishop_of_Kottayam))
| other_post       = 
| ordination       = 22 December 1906
| ordained_by      = 
| consecration     = 1 November 1914
| consecrated_by   =  Archbishop [Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski](/source/Wladyslaw_Michal_Zaleski)
| rank             = Bishop
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1877|10|14}}
| birth_place      = [Kumarakom](/source/Kumarakom)
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1951|1|8|1877|10|14}}
| death_place      = 
| nationality      = Indian
| previous_post    = 
| alma_mater       = 
| coat_of_arms     = 
| motto            = }}

Bishop '''Alexander Choolaparambil''' (14 October 1877 – 8 January 1951) was born in [Kumarakom](/source/Kumarakom), India. Ordained a priest in 1906, he was appointed [Vicar Apostolic](/source/Vicar_Apostolic) of Kottayam and then bishop of [Busiris](/source/Busiris_(Aphroditopolis)) that same year. In 1923 Mar Choolaparampil became bishop of Kottayam, dying in that capacity in 1951.

==External links==
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchul.html Alexander Choolaparampil] at [Catholic-Hierarchy](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy)

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Category:1877 births
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Category:20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops
Category:Archbishops of Kottayam

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