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Servant of God Canisius Thekkekara
Born	(1914-05-12)12 May 1914 Anandapuram, Thrissur district, Kerala
Died	29 January 1998(1998-01-29) (aged 83) Ampazhakad, Thrissur district, Kerala
Venerated in	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

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Canisius Thekkekara was a Syrian Catholic (Syro-Malabar Catholic) priest from Carmelites of Mary Immaculate in Kerala in Thrissur. He was declared as Servant of God by Mar Poly Kannookadan, the Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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^ "Kerala gets another Servant of God". MattersIndia. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
^ "CIRCULAR:-Major Archbishop George Alencherry". SMCIM. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
^ "Syro-Malabar Church grants permission to initiate the cause of Fr. Canisius CMI". Canisius.in. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

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