Parambil Chandy (Alexandre de Campo in Portuguese; 1615 – 2 January 1687) was an Indian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cranganore from 1663 to 1687.[2] As archbishop, Chandy headed the East Syriac faction known as the Paḻayakūṟ, or "Old Allegiance", after the Coonan Cross Oath in 1653 brought secession from the Portuguese Padroado.Chandy, whose efforts to reconcile the other dissident Indian factions ultimately failed, died in 1687 and his tomb is at the Marth Mariam Church in Kuravilangad.[6] Even though the Thomas Christians were subjected to Latin Church prelates in the hierarchy, the community consolidated under the leadership of the archdeacons as a separate rite with its own liturgy and traditions.The missionaries used their political power to prevent Thomas Christians from contacting with any Oriental Churches and they even arrested and deported Ahatalla, a bishop of West Syriac Rite arrived in Mailappore.He was consecrated Titular Bishop of Megara in Achala and Vicar Apostolic and Administrator of the Archbishopric of Cranganore on 31 January 1663, at Kaduthuruthy.[14] Parambil Chandy was appointed as a bishop when the community was divided under the Portuguese Padroado and his cousin, Thoma I, who was the then leader of the Puthenkūttukar.
Marth Mariam Syro-Malabar Church, Kuravilangad.
St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Church, Alangad
Church of St. Sebastian, built by Chandy when he was vicar of Kuravilangad parish