Fr. Francis Alapatt passes away at 72

Fr. Dr. Francis Alapatt, erstwhile Vicar General of the Thrissur Archdiocese, noted writer and healthcare visionary, passed distant astatine the property of 72, marking the extremity of a beingness that seamlessly blended priesthood, medicine and nationalist service.

Ordained successful 1995, Fr. Alapatt served successful assorted parishes portion besides emerging arsenic a cardinal fig successful gathering healthcare and societal initiatives successful the region. He was the founding manager of the Jubilee Mission Paramedical Institute and the Institute of Mental Health Sciences, and aboriginal served arsenic president of Jubilee Mission Medical College.