pronunciationⓘ (8 July 1931 – 23 October 2018) was a Roman Catholic, Indian Jesuit priest and well-known Christian theologian.

He was also the founding editor of JDV's Encyclopedia of Indian Christian Theology, till 2009.

Kunnumpuram studied at the University of Innsbruck, completing his Doctorate in Systematic Theology in 1968 on "Ways of Salvation".

In 1987, Kunnumpuram became Rector of Jnana Deepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune, India.

[5] Four years later, in 2002, he started editing AUC: Asian Journal for Religious Studies.