# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-jacob-koovakad
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:26:31.491Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-jacob-koovakad"
name: "George Jacob Koovakad"
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description: "George Jacob Koovakad is an Indian cardinal of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church who is prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue since 2025. Since 2020, he has worked in the offices of the Holy See's Secretariat of State in the Journeys Office, which was responsible for organizing Pope Francis' overseas trips, and has headed that office since 2021. From 2006 to 2020, he served assignments in several countries while working in the diplomatic service of the Holy See."
tagline: "Indian Cardinal"
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  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1973-08-11"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump