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By Express News ServiceKOCHI: The cause for canonisation of Archbishop Joseph Attipetty, the first indigenous prelate of Verapoly in Kerala, will formally begin on January 21 at St Francis Assisi Cathedral, Broadway, Ernakulam, where his mortal remains were entombed 50 years back. Verapoly Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil will declare him as a Servant of God, the first official act recognising him as a candidate for sainthood and initiating the long process of canonical investigation in accordance with the Universal Catholic Church’s legislation for the Causes of the Saints, during a solemn thanksgiving Mass on his 50th death anniversary. Archbishop Kalathiparambil will be the celebrant for the Mass. Attipetty was born on June 25, 1894 in Vypeen and was consecrated an archbishop at the age of 39. He died on January 21, 1970..