Abraham Viruthakulangara


Abraham Viruthakulangara was an Indian archbishop of Nagpur. He was also the President of the Maharashtra Regional Bishops' Conference.

Early life

Abraham was born on 5 June 1943 in Kerala, India. He completed his Major studies from St. Charles’ Seminary Nagpur. He completed B.A in Hindi from Sagar University, Madhya Pradesh. He also held Baccalaureate in Theology.

Priesthood

Abraham was ordained a Catholic priest on 28 October 1969.

Episcopate

Abraham was appointed Bishop of Khandwa on 4 March 1977 and was ordained a bishop on 13 July 1977. He was appointed Archbishop of Nagpur, India on 17 January 1998.

Death

On 19 April 2018 he died from a cardiac arrest after attending a bishop's conference in New Delhi.