General Administration
The CMI Congregation has its headquarters in Ernakulam, Kerala. The Prior General, assisted by five of his Councillors, is at the head of the administration.
Rev. Fr. Dr. Paul Achandy CMI
- Prior General
Rev. Fr. Binoy Elavunkal CMI
- General Councillor for Education & Media Communication
School Administration
Dharmaram College Bangalore, the major study house of the CMI congregation, contributes to secular education through various educational institutions such as Christ University, Christ Engineering College, Christ Residential PU College and the Christ Group of Schools. The Rector of Dharmaram College is the Manager of all the educational institutions under the Christ Educational Society, Bangalore.
Prof. Dr. Saju Chackalackal CMI
- Rector - Dharmaram College
- Chancellor - Christ University
- President - Christ Educational Society
Rev. Dr. Jose C C CMI
- Vice Chancellor - CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
- Secretary - Christ Educational Society, Bengaluru
Rev. Fr. Nilson Davis CMI
- Co-ordinator - Christ Group of Schools
Fr. Jinosh V Mathew CMI
- Principal
Rev. Fr. Reji Koodappattu CMI
- Chief Finance Officer (CFO)
Our Legacy
The Congregation of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) is the first indigenous religious congregation in the Catholic Church of India. Fr. Thomas Palackal, Fr. Thomas Porukara and St. Kuriakose Chavara of the Syro-Malabar Church of apostolic origin founded a religious house at Mannanam on 11 May 1831. On 8 December 1855, the religious Congregation was canonically approved and the first eleven fathers made their religious profession.
St. Chavara, the only surviving founder, was appointed the first superior of the Congregation. The Congregation was granted pontifical exemption in 1967. On 3 January 1871, Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara, after a short but painful illness, passed away at Koonammavu, preserving his baptismal innocence unto death. His mortal remains were transferred from Koonammavu to Mannanam in 1889 and have been interred in St. Joseph’s Monastery church.
CMI in the Path of Education
The CMI Congregation has a huge and wide network of educational institutions of various types. It has also entered other forms and areas of education demanded by the special needs of our times, such as training the differently abled, adult education and various types of non-formal education. Today it runs 12 institutions for the training of the differently challenged, 55 non-formal education centres and 24 cultural or dialogue centres.