Mar Joseph Kundukulam (26 September 1917 – 26 April 1998) was the first metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, from 1970 to 1997.
Kundukulam retired as archbishop in 1997 and died at Wamba, Kenya on 26 April 1998.
His corpse was taken to Kerala by a special aircraft and was buried at Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur on 29 April 1998.
In 1967 Kundukulam founded St. Christina's Home in Pullazhy, which a rehabilitation center for Unwedded mothers.
Vinod Rai was the District Collector of Thrissur that time, and the necessary arrangements were made for the papal visit.