Milestones

The Congregation of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) is the first indigenous religious congregation in India.

1831

Foundation at Mannanam

1833

Seminary at Mannanam

1841

Death of Fr. Thomas Palackal

1844

First Printing Press of the Kerala Church

1846

Death of Fr. Thomas Porukara

1855

Religious Profession of first 11 fathers.

1860

Affiliation to OCD with the Title TOCD.

1871

Death of Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara.

1885

Pontifical Status for the Congregation

1898

Death of Bro. Jacob Kanianthara

1906

Final Approval of the Constitution in perpetuum

1941

General Curia at Ernakulam

1953

Division of the Congregation into Three Provinces

St. Joseph’s Province, Kottayam
Sacred Heart Province, Kalamassery
Devamatha Province, Thrissur

1957

Dharmaram College, Bangalore

1958

Revised Constitution Approved ad experimentum; Title TOCD Changed into CMI.

1961

Establishment of St. Thomas Region Calicut

1962

First mission Territory (Chanda) outside Kerala.

1967

Status of Pontifical Exemption.

1968

Second Mission Territory (Sagar) outside Kerala.

1969

St.Thomas Region Calicut, Raised to Vice province.

1972

Third (Jagdalpur) and Fourth (Bijnor) MissionTerritories outside Kerala.

1972

General Procura in Rome

1975

Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Bangalore.

1977

Fifth (Rajkot) Mission Territory outside Kerala.

1977

Episcopal Ordination of Five CMIs.

1978

General Synaxis XXX at Karukutty;

Establishment of
Mar Thoma Province, Chanda
St. Thomas Province, Calicut
Nirmal Vice-Province, Jagdalpur
St. Paul’s Vice-Province, Mysore
Preshitha Vice-province, Coimbatore
St. Joseph’s Province, Kottayam
St. Joseph’s province, Trivandrum.

1980

Constitution Renewal Synaxis XXXI.

1984

General Syanxis XXXII.

1986

Venerable Kuriakose Elias Chavara declared ‘Blessed’.

1990

Deepika Changed to a Public Limited Company.

1990

General Synaxis XXXIII at Pariyaram;

Establishment of
St. Paul’s Vice-Province, Sagar
St. John’s Vice-Province, Bijnor
CMI Brothers’ Unit (ad experimentum)

1994

Establishment of :

St. Xavier’s Vice-Province, Rajkot
Carmel Province, Muvattupuzha
CMI Spirituality Centre, Liberty, U.S.A.
CMI Mission Theologate (Samanvaya), Bhopal.

1996

General Synaxis XXXIV at Pariyaram

St. Paul’s Vice-Province, Sagar Raised to Province
Chavara Sub-Region, Bhavnagar Raised to Region.

1997

CMI Brothers’ Unit dissolved

1999

Chanda Diocese is divided and Diocese of Adilabad

2002

General Synaxis XXXV, at Bangalore;

Raised to the Status of Provinces:
Nirmal Province, Jagdalpur
Preshitha Province, Coimbatore
St. John’s Province, Bijnor
St. Paul’s Province, Mysore
St. Xavier’s Province, Rajkot

2005

Chavara Jayanthi Celebrated

2007

Prior General’s House shifted from Karikkamuri to Chavara Hills, Kakkanad

2008

General Synaxis XXXVI at Chaavara Hills;

Mar Thomas Province, Chanda, is divided and
Mary Matha Vice-Province of Adilabad is established.

2010

St Chavara Vice Bhavnagar established

2014

Fr Canisius Thekkekara Declared Servant of God

2014

General Synaxis XXXVII at Chavara Hills

2014

Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara Declared Saint

2014

National Thanks Giving Celebration of the Canonization of St Chavara at Rajagiry, Kakkanad