{{Short description|Catholic prelate (1934–2020)}} {{Infobox Christian leader |name = Paul Chittilapilly

|title = Bishop of Kalyan<br>Bishop of Thamarassery |church = Syro-Malabar Church |diocese = Thamarassery

|ordination = 18 October 1961 |ordained_by = Archbishop Mathew Kavukattu<ref name = "onm">{{Cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2020/09/06/former-thamarassery-bishop-mar-paul-chittilapilly-passes-away.html|title=Former Thamarassery Bishop Mar Paul Chittilapilly passes away|date=6 September 2020|website=onmanorama.com|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref>

|consecration = 24 August 1988 |consecrated_by = Archbishop Antony Padiyara<ref name = "ccbi">{{Cite web|url=https://ccbi.in/bishop-paul-chittilapilly-bishop-emeritus-of-thamarasserry-passed-away/|title=Bishop Paul Chittilapilly Bishop Emeritus of Thamarasserry Passed Away|first=Stephen|last=Alathara|date=6 September 2020|website=ccbi.in|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref>

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|2|7}} |birth_place = Mattom, Kerala<ref name = "ccbi"/> |death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|9|6|1934|2|7}} |death_place = Kozhikode, Kerala<ref name = "onm"/> |alma_mater = Pontifical Lateran University (Ph.D.)<ref name = "ccbi"/> }} alt=Thamarassery|thumb|Mar Paul Chittilappilly|321x321px '''Paul Chittilapilly''' (7 February 1934 &ndash; 6 September 2020) was a bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

Chittilapilly was born in Mattom in the Thrissur district of Kerala and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. Following his return from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, he was appointed professor at St. Thomas’ Apostolic Seminary in Kottayam. In 1978, he was appointed vicar general of the Archeparchy of Trichur.<ref name = "onm"/>

He was the first bishop of the Archeparchy of Kalyan and served from 1988 to 1996 and as bishop of the Eparchy of Thamarassery from 1996 to 2010.<ref name = "ccbi"/>

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