1831
Foundation at Mannanam
1833
Seminary at Mannanam
1841
Death of Fr. Thomas Palackal
1844
First Printing Press of the Kerala Church
1846
Death of Fr. Thomas Porukara
1855
Religious Profession of first 11 fathers.
1860
Affiliation to OCD with the Title TOCD.
1871
Death of Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara.
1885
Pontifical Status for the Congregation
1898
Death of Bro. Jacob Kanianthara
1906
Final Approval of the Constitution in perpetuum
1941
General Curia at Ernakulam
1953
Division of the Congregation into Three Provinces
St. Joseph’s Province, Kottayam
Sacred Heart Province, Kalamassery
Devamatha Province, Thrissur
1957
Dharmaram College, Bangalore
1958
Revised Constitution Approved ad experimentum; Title TOCD Changed into CMI.
1961
Establishment of St. Thomas Region Calicut
1962
First mission Territory (Chanda) outside Kerala.
1967
Status of Pontifical Exemption.
1968
Second Mission Territory (Sagar) outside Kerala.
1969
St.Thomas Region Calicut, Raised to Vice province.
1972
Third (Jagdalpur) and Fourth (Bijnor) MissionTerritories outside Kerala.
1972
General Procura in Rome
1975
Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Bangalore.
1977
Fifth (Rajkot) Mission Territory outside Kerala.
1977
Episcopal Ordination of Five CMIs.
1978
General Synaxis XXX at Karukutty;
Establishment of
Mar Thoma Province, Chanda
St. Thomas Province, Calicut
Nirmal Vice-Province, Jagdalpur
St. Paul’s Vice-Province, Mysore
Preshitha Vice-province, Coimbatore
St. Joseph’s Province, Kottayam
St. Joseph’s province, Trivandrum.
1980
Constitution Renewal Synaxis XXXI.
1984
General Syanxis XXXII.
1986
Venerable Kuriakose Elias Chavara declared ‘Blessed’.
1990
Deepika Changed to a Public Limited Company.
1990
General Synaxis XXXIII at Pariyaram;
Establishment of
St. Paul’s Vice-Province, Sagar
St. John’s Vice-Province, Bijnor
CMI Brothers’ Unit (ad experimentum)
1994
Establishment of :
St. Xavier’s Vice-Province, Rajkot
Carmel Province, Muvattupuzha
CMI Spirituality Centre, Liberty, U.S.A.
CMI Mission Theologate (Samanvaya), Bhopal.
1996
General Synaxis XXXIV at Pariyaram
St. Paul’s Vice-Province, Sagar Raised to Province
Chavara Sub-Region, Bhavnagar Raised to Region.
1997
CMI Brothers’ Unit dissolved
1999
Chanda Diocese is divided and Diocese of Adilabad
2002
General Synaxis XXXV, at Bangalore;
Raised to the Status of Provinces:
Nirmal Province, Jagdalpur
Preshitha Province, Coimbatore
St. John’s Province, Bijnor
St. Paul’s Province, Mysore
St. Xavier’s Province, Rajkot
2005
Chavara Jayanthi Celebrated
2007
Prior General’s House shifted from Karikkamuri to Chavara Hills, Kakkanad
2008
General Synaxis XXXVI at Chaavara Hills;
Mar Thomas Province, Chanda, is divided and
Mary Matha Vice-Province of Adilabad is established.
2010
St Chavara Vice Province established
2014
Fr. Canisius Thekkekara Declared Servant of God
2014
General Synaxis XXXVII at Chavara Hills
2014
Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara Declared Saint
2014
National Thanks Giving Celebration of the Canonization of St. Chavara at Rajagiry, Kakkanad
2015
Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Antony Kariyil
2017
Chavara Sub Region Maharashtra, Dhule erected