[1] Joseph Attipetty was born on June 25, 1894, as the second of five children of Matthew and Rosa, at Ochanthuruth in the parish of Cruz Milagris, then in Cochin State, now Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

During his studies, he was director of the ‘Pia Associatio Matris Misericordiae’, a group that helps young people in their call to the priestly life, Vice President of Propaganda Theological Students and the Spiritual Head of the College's Staff.

Rome decided to appoint an auxiliary bishop as part of giving autonomy for Verapoly archdiocese and Attippetty's name was suggested.

[7] After the resignation of Angel Mary, Attipetty assumed the reigns of administration on December 21, 1934 as the first indigenous Archbishop of Verapoly archdiocese.

The process of beatification and canonization was officially inaugurated in the diocese by declaring him a Servant of God on 21 January 2020, the 50th anniversary of his death at St. Francis Assisi Cathedral, Ernakulam by Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil.