Events of Cause of Varghese Payapilly

13^th General Synaxis           Giving approval for the Cause

21 August 2009                  Request of the Petitioner, Superior General

                                           Mother Smitha Vempilly to Archdiocese for the initiation of the Cause

            22 August 2009                  Appointment of the Postulator by the Superior General

24 August 2009                  Letter of the Postulator to the Archbishop

25 August 2009                  Approval of the Appointment Letter to the Superior General

25 August 2009                  Initiation of the Cause of the Servant of God Varghese Payapilly

28 January 2010                 Opinion of the Synod to initiate the Cause

1 February 2010                 Petition to Holy See for Nihil Obstat

20 August 2010                  Nihil Obstat from the Holy See

23 February 2011               Exhumation, Identification and Transfer of the Mortal

                                           Remains of the Servant of God Fr. Varghese Payapilly

12 November 2012             Closing ceremony of the Diocesan Enquiry by

                                           Major Arch Bishop  Mar George Cardinal Alencherry

             16, November 2012           Submit the boxes in the Nunciature by the Postulator

Events with dates after the boxes passing from the Generalate

15, January 2013              The General Council gave letter to Msgr. Paul Pallath

                                           to be appointed as the Roman Postlator

13, February 2013             Mandate of the Roman Postulator for Msgr. Paul Pallath

13, February 2013             The boxes of the Cause reached in Rome

2, March 2013                    Registration of the boxes in the Office

24, April 2013                   Open the boxes in Rome

26, August 2013                Application for the Vice Postulator from the Petitioner

23, September 2013          Appointment of Sr. Roseline Elavanal S.D. as the Vice Postulator by

                                          Msgr. Paul Pallath

4, October 2013               The General Council gave letter to Msgr. Paul Pallath to change

                                         Roman  Postulator as Sr. Grace Koovayil S.D. because Msgr. Pallath

                                         elavated as the Relater of the Cause of Saints.

20, November 2013         Mandate of the Roman Postulator for Sr. Grace Koovayil S.D.

10, January 2014             We got the Validity Certificate of the Diocesan Inquiry conducted

                                        in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly for the Cause of the

                                        Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Fr. Varghese Payapilly.

31, March 2014             Appointed Msgr. Paul Pallath as the Relater of our Cause of the

                                       Servant of God Fr. Varghese Payapilly.

17 May 2016                 Historical Commission accepted the Positio

24 October 2017           Theological Consulters accepted the Positio

10 April 2018                 Cardinals accepted the Cause

14 April 2018                  Venerable by Pope Francis

26 April 2018                Declaration of the elevation of the Servant of God Varghese Payapilly as Venerable in St. John Nepumsian’s Church, Konthuruthy by Major Arch Bishop Mar George Cardinal Alencherry.