Tom Uzhunnalil SDB is an Indian Catholic priest who is a Salesian of Don Bosco and a member of Missionaries of Charity.

[5] He was kidnapped in March 2016 and held by terrorists in Yemen, before being released in September 2017 with the intervention of Oman and the Catholic Church.

[4] Uzhunnalil has also been to Abu Dhabi on numerous occasions, one of them being the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia Bishop Paul Hinder, based at St Joseph's Cathedral.

[4] Tom Uzhunnilal was present on March 4, 2016 when four unidentified gunmen attacked a care home in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, killing 16 people including four Missionaries of Charity sisters of Mother Teresa.

[15] In December 2016, Father Uzhunnalil made an emotional appeal for a rescue through a five-minute video that was posted on YouTube, asking the Indian government and the Pope to make effort for his release.