Symphorian Thomas Keeprath

Symphorian Thomas Keeprath (22 April 1931, in Kadaplamattom, Kottayam, Kerala – 3 May 2015) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1958, Keeprath was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Jullundur, India in 1971 and retired in 2007.[1] He was the first bishop of the diocese. He was ordained as a Capuchin priest on 22 March 1958 and elevated as Bishop of Jalandhar on 6 December 1971. After 35 years of service as Bishop of Jullundur he retired on 15 April 2007. He died due to old age on 3 May 2015 at CMC Hospital, Ludhiana.

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