Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath

Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath is a writer in Malayalam. He published many well-studied articles in English and Malayalam. He was the student-chief editor the philosophical journal, Mathavum Chinthayum. The University of Kerla has selected for the Pre-Degree syllabus (Bhasha Thilakam - 1998) one of his articles, which he had written at the age of 22. He authored the books: Daivajanam - 1998, 2000, and Salvific Law - 2004, 2008.

Dr. Philip Chempakassery has reviewed the book Salvific Law in the following words, "Salvific Law is a precious book on law highlighting the fact that the law has a salvific nature. The author Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath, who is a specialist in Oriental Canon Law had his studies in Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He publishes his research findings for the degree of Doctrate in Canonical studies in this volume. ...The author has written these pages after a hair-spliting perusal of all that has been written on the subject. This fact is proved by the long bibliography given at the end of the book. ...And he concludes that,"The supreme function of Canon Law is to help the Christian faithful to lead a life, which is oriented towards the ultimate communion with God."

Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath was born in 1969 to Pakalomattom Kuzhinapurath John Thomas and Annamma John at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. He had his school education in Aryabharati High School, Omallur. He joined St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum in 1984. He was ordained priest for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in 1994. He Started the Malankara Catholic Mission Centre at Attingal, Kerala, India in 1995. He became the Chancellor of the Archieparchy of Trivandrum in 1996.

He took Masters Degree in Canon Law in 2000. In the same year he registered for Doctoral Research in Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He Completed the Doctoral Research in August 2002.

He was the contact person of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church for the Great Jubilee 2000 Celebrations in Rome.

Fr. Kuzhinapurath established the first Malankara Catholic Community in Italy (of Bethany Sisters) at Montecchio in Reggio Emilia in 2000.

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