Davis Chiramel

Rev. Fr. Davis Chiramel (Malayalam: ഡേവിസ് ചിറമേല്‍), popularly known as the Kidney Priest, is an Indian Catholic priest and the founder of the Accident Care and Transport Service (ACTS) and the Kidney Federation of India. He currently serves under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur.

Davis was born at Aranattukara on 30 December 1960 as the son of Chiramel Chakkunni and Kochannam. He did schooling at Tharakan’s High school, Aranattukara and later went to St. Mary's Minor Seminary, Thope, Thrissur city and to Aluva Ponitifical Seminary for further studies. Archbishop Mar Joseph Kundukulam ordained Davis to priesthood on 30 December 1988 at St Thomas Church, Aranattukara.

Known famously as the ‘Kidney Priest’, Father Davis Chiramel has been singularly responsible for half a million people in India pledging their kidneys for donation post-mortem. He himself donated a kidney to a man of the Hindu faith. He chairs the Kidney Federation of India, and serves as the general secretary of Accident Care and Transport Service (ACTS).

• "അപരന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തിലാണ് ഞങ്ങൾ പുൽക്കൂട് പണിയുന്നത്: ഫാ. ഡേവിസ് ചിറമേൽ". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
• "The gift of life: do as I did, urges kidney donor priest". South China Morning Post. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.