Dr. Berchmans Kodackal is a Catholic priest, a Canon Lawyer and a Civil Lawyer from the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Church in the state of Kerala, India. Presently, he is the President of the Administrative Tribunal and the Adjutant Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese. Also, he is a Judge at the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Tribunal at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad, Kochi. He is also the Executive Manager of Mar Louis Publications, Ernakulam, Kochi-682 018 and of Mar Louis Arts & Books Centre, Broadway, Ernakulam, Kochi-682031, Kerala, India.