Varghese Paul

Father Varghese Paul Chollamadam (31 May 1943 – 10 April 2021) was a writer, journalist, translator and Jesuit priest from Gujarat, India. Born in South India, he was ordained a priest in 1977. He had written 53 essay books and edited a Catholic magazine Doot for 14 years. He had served on various posts in several press organisations including some which he had founded.

Biography Father Varghese Paul was born on 31 May 1943 in Enanalloor, a village now in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. He graduated in Gujarati literature. He founded South Asia Religious News in 1981 and served as its director. He was also the founder of Gujarat Catholic Press Association and Catholic Information Service Society (CISS) where he served as the director from 1984 to 2018.

Works Father Varghese primarily wrote in Gujarati. He had written 46 essay books in Gujarati, four in English and three in Malayalam.

He translated Perumbadavam Sreedharan's Malayalam novel Oru Sankeerthanam Pole into Gujarati as Ek Strotgan Ni Jem (2003). He also translated Winged Reason by K. V. Dominic from English to Gujarati.

His works on Christianity include Isu Mari-Tamari Najare (What Does Jesus Mean to You and Me?), Biblena Patro (Personalities of the Bible, 2003) and the Navo Karar Biblena Patro (Personalities of the New Testament, 2012).