Prof. James Puliurumpil

Head of the Department of Theology

Area of Specialization: Church History

Contact : +91 9447306131, puliurumpil@gmail.com

EDUCATION SUMMARY
  • B.Ph. from St. Joseph’s Pontifical College, Carmelgiri, Aluva (1981).
  • B.Th. from St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha, Aluva (1985).
  • Licentiate in Church History from Gregorian University, Rome (1990)
  • Title of the thesis for Licentiate: The Christian Missions among the Syrian ChristiansDoctorate in Church History from Gregorian University, Rome (1994
  • Title of Doctoral Dissertation: Jurisdictional Conflict in the Suriani Church of India (1800-1838)
PASTORAL AND TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
  • Assistant Parish Priest – St. Mary’s Church Poonjar (from February 1985 to June 1985)
  • Assistant Parish Priest – St. Francis Xavier’s Mannarapara (from June 1985 to October 1985)
  • Secretary to H.E. Mar Joseph Pallikaparampila (from October 1985 to May 1985)
  • Vice-rector & Procurator, Good Shepherd Minor Seminary Pala (from October 1993 to May 2004)
  • Teacher, St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor ( from May 2004 – May 2016)
  • Professor, St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor ( from 10 May 2016 - )
CURRENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS AND SUBJECTS
  • Indian Church History, General church History, Latin
BOOKS PUBLISHED
  1. A Period of Jurisdictional Conflict in the Suriani Church of India (1800-1838), OIRSI Kottayam (1994)
  2. History of the Parishes of the Diocese of Palai (Malayalam), Diocesan Curia, Pala (1997)
  3. History of the Vocations in the Diocese of Pala (Malayalam), Diocesan Curia Pala (2001)
  4. Pandari seesma (Malayalam), OIRSI Kottayam (2004)
  5. The Early Christian Settlements of Kerala, OIRSI Kottayam (2008)
  6. St. Thomas in India, OIRSI Kottayam (2012)
  7. From Nicea to Vatican, (Mal.), OIRSI Kottayam (2013)
  8. History of the Syro-Malabar Church, OIRSI Kottayam (2013)
  9. Arnose Pathiri - A Pioneer Indologist, OIRSI Kottayam (2015)
  10. Classic India, OIRSI Kottayam (2016)
Articles
  1. St. Thomas Christians and Nambudiris in Kerala, in Bosco Puthur (ed.), St. Thomas Christians And Nambudiris, Jews and Sangam Literature, LRC Mt. St. Thomas Kochi, 2003, pp. 202-210.
  2. The Spread of the Church of the East in the Persian Empire, Theological Dimensions of Christian Orient, vol. XXVI, No. I (2005), 187-191.
  3. The history of fasting (Malayalam), in Karunikan2 (2005), 29-32.
  4. Thevarparambil Kunjachan, a Missionary and a Visionary, Indian Church History Review, vol. XXXIX December (2005), 114-118.
  5. Mass Intentions (Malayalam), in Karunikan5 (2006), 18-21.
  6. A Malabar Delegation of 1796 to Baghdad, Christian Orient, vol. XXVII, No. I (2006), 12-17.
  7. The history of holy communion (Malayalam), in Karunikan 4 (2007), 21-24.
  8. Blessed Kunjachan, A Saviour of the Marginalized, Christian Orient, vol. XXVIII, No. I (2007), 4-14.
  9. Faith-Experience of the Syro-Malabar Church in Her Life and Practice, in Syro-Malabar Theology in Context, (OIRSI 2007), 144-164.
  10. The Indian Mission of Pantenuss of 189 A.D., Christian Orient, vol. XXIX, No. I (2008), 3-11.
  11. The North Indian Mission of Thomas According to the Acts of Thomas , Christian Orient, vol. XXIX, No. I (2009), 3-21
  12. Ephrem on the Indian Mission of St. Thomas, Christian Orient, vol. XXX, No. I (2010), 5-11.
  13. History of the Diaconate, Karunikan, June 2011,
  14. Greek and the Roman Understanding of Ancient India, Christian Orient, vol. XXXII, No.I (2011), 3-19
  15. Muziris, Locus of Christian Beginnings in India, Christian Orient, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 (2013), 4-13.
  16. Kollam, a Christian centre, Christian Orient, Vol. XXXVIII (2014)
  17. Unto the ends of the Earth (mala.) Deepanalam, July 3, 2013
  18. Assumption, sign of Freedom (mala.) Deepanalam August 15, 2013
  19. Arnose Pathiri (mala.) Deepanalam July 2015
  20. Reunion attempts of Mar Dionysius I, International Seminar held at Kuravilangad on 12 Sept. 2015
  21. Arnose Pathiri, Pioneer Indologist, paper presented in the Seminar held at LRC on Arnose Pahtiri on 3-4 Nov. 2015
  22. Arnose Pathiri, apostle of Kerala (mala.) Fortune Voice March 2016
  23. Arnose Pathiri alias John Ernst Hanxlleden: apostle of Malabar, Christian Orient March 2016