Most Rev. Gratian Mundadan

Most Rev. Gratian Mundadan was born on 15 May 1933 in the parish of Puthenpally (later changed to Alangad) in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly. He made his first profession of Religious vows in Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) Congregation on 16 May 1958. He was ordained a priest on 17 May 1964. While a professor of Mathematics at S.H. College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala, he was nominated the Apostolic Exarch of Bijnor and took charge on 25 July 1972. His holiness Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Bijnor on 26 February 1977. He was ordained Bishop on 6 November 1977 by His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Parekattil at Rajagiri, Kalamassery, in Kerala. He was installed Bishop of Bijnor on 8 December 1977 by His Grace Rev. Dominic Athaide OFM, the then Archbishop of Agra. After 38 years of pioneering service in Bijnor, he was relieved from the Office on 14 August 2009. Now he is residing at St John’s CMI Provincial House, Najibabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Bishop Gratian Mundadan