Adolph Medlycott

His Excellency Mar Adolph Medlycott
First Vicar Apostolic of Thrissur
Province	Cochin
Diocese	Apostolic Vicariate of Trichur
See	Tricomia
Term ended	1896
Successor	Mar John Menachery
Other post(s)	Founder, St. Thomas College, Thrissur
Orders
Ordination	17 March 1861
Consecration	13 September 1887
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1838-05-15)15 May 1838 Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj
Died	4 May 1918(1918-05-04) (aged 79)
Buried	Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur
Nationality	Indian
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Parents	Adolphus Edwin Medlycott and Annette
Occupation	Priesthood
Alma mater	Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Mar Adolph Medlycott was the first Bishop of the Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrissur. He was born at Chittagong on 15 May 1838. Medlycott spent his last days in Bangalore where he died on 4 May 1918. His remains were later reinterred, first in the Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours in 1945.

Books

• India and the Apostle Thomas: An Inquiry, with a Critical Analysis of the Acta Thomae by A. E. Medlycott; Published 1905 by David Nutt. Reprinted unabridged in the Indian Church History Classics, Vol.I, Ed. G. Menachery, Ollur, 1998.
• Saint Thomas Christians, A. E. Medlycott (1912), Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, Robert Appleton Company. Volume 14, pp 678 – 688

External links

• India and the Apostle Thomas by A. E. Medlycott. Also available at Internet Archive.
• Saint Thomas Christians, A. E. Medlycott (1912), Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, Robert Appleton Company. Volume 14, pp 678 – 688. Also available at Internet Archive