Franco Mulakkal
Indian bishop of the Catholic Church (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Franco Mulakkal is an Indian prelate of the Latin Catholic Church. He worked as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar from 2013[1][2][3] until his arrest in 2018 on charges of raping a nun.[4] He is the first bishop in Indian Catholic to be arrested for being accused in a rape case. In January 2022 the Kerala district court declared him innocent without the witnesses changing their statements. The court heard the statements of 39 witnesses in the case and he was acquitted of all charges. But the nuns are still fighting for their cause.[5] He was forced to resign as Jalandhar bishop by the Vatican, and in June 2023 Pope accepted his resignation.[6]
Franco Mulakkal | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Jalandhar | |
Archdiocese | Delhi |
Diocese | Jalandhar |
Appointed | 13 June 2013 |
Installed | 4 August 2013 |
Term ended | 1 June 2023 |
Predecessor | Anil Joseph Thomas Couto |
Orders | |
Ordination | 21 April 1990 |
Consecration | 21 February 2009 by Vincent Michael Concessao |
Personal details | |
Born | Franco Mulakkal (1964-03-25) 25 March 1964 (age 60) Mattam, Kerala, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Denomination | Syro-Malabar Church |
Occupation | Bishop |
Alma mater | Guru Nanak Dev University (M.A.) Alphonsian Academy (D.Phil.) |