Rev. Fr Adeodatus OCD, after being ordained priest on the 31st of July 1927, then a few weeks later reached India for his missionary journey. He came to Carmel Hill Monastery, Trivandrum on 1st of November 1927. As a passionate religious priest, he helped the community in the formation of the first batches of native Carmelites, as the bursar of the community and involved in various pastoral and spiritual ministries.
Later, in 1946 he chose to be involved in real missionary activities, and he became the parish priest of Muthiyavila Parish which comprised a large geographical area that was then under the Trivandrum Diocese, which presently is part of the Neyyattinkara Diocese.
History remarks that 'he died as a zealous missionary' on 20th October 1968, on the Mission Sunday, on his way to celebrate the Holy Mass.
Then, he was declared Servant of God on 13th October 2018 at Neyyattinkara Bishop’s House.
His mortal remains were exhumed and transferred into the tomb beside Archbishop Benziger on the 19th of October 2018
Rev. Fr Adeodatus OCD, after being ordained priest on the 31st of July 1927, then a few weeks later reached India for his missionary journey. He came to Carmel Hill Monastery, Trivandrum on 1st of November 1927. As a passionate religious priest, he helped the community in the formation of the first batches of native Carmelites, as the bursar of the community and involved in various pastoral and spiritual ministries
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