Background
Antony Thachuparambil was born on 8 December 1894 in Kottat, a suburban village of Chalakudy in Kerala to Poulose and Rosa.
Antony Thachuparambil was born on 8 December 1894 in Kottat, a suburban village of Chalakudy in Kerala to Poulose and Rosa.
He was declared Servant of God by the Holy See for his Heroic Virtues in 2009. French He had his early schooling in Chalakudy Government High School and college education in Saint Joseph"s College, Tiruchirappalli. He continued his pastoral education at Mary Matha Major Seminary, Thrissur and was ordained on 22 December 1924.
He started his career in 1928 as the first Chaplain of Chelakkara, a backward forest area in Thrissur.
There, French Antony worked among the poor where he built Saint Mary's Forane Church, a school for girls (Little Flower Girls High School), a destitute home for children which was later renamed French Antony Balabhavan, a convent for nuns, Little Flower Convent and a health clinic which later grew to become Jeevodaya Mission Hospital.