predecessor successor birth_name birth_place death_date death_place title buried nationality birth_date image article_title name church
kuriakose elias chavara aloysius pazheparambi emmanuel kuravilangad , india 20 june 1904 kuravilangad , india vicar-general of syro malabar catholic church marth mariam church , kuravilangadu indian . 27 may 1842 nidhiry.jpg nidhiry mani kathanar
 emmanuel nidhiri syro malabar catholic church
nidhiry mani kathanar

mar emmanuel nidhiri -lrb- 1842 -- 1904 -rrb- -rrb- was a significant figure in the history of the syrian malabar nasrani church in kerala .
he led the community against the european hegemony over the nasrani christians .
he was the undisputed leader acceptable to the factions in kerala church.he was the second vicar general of syro malabar catholic church .
he founded `` nazranee deepika '' , which was the forerunner of today 's `` deepika '' newspaper , and was instrumental in the founding of another newspaper , the `` malayala manorama '' .
he had a role in organising the malayali memorial -- one of the first steps in the social transformation of kerala -- and a key figure in the opening up of his community to english education .
in 1969 , as a tribute to his contribution to malayalam literature , the kerala literary academy unveiled his portrait in the academy hall at trichur .
