Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (born 1876)

Varghese Payyappilly was an Indian Syro-Malabar priest from Kerala and the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 14 April 2018.

Sisters of the Destitute (S.D) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic women's religious institute. Venerable Mar Payyappilly Varghese Kathanar laid the foundation stone on 1927 March 19 at Aluva.Currently there are 6 provinces and 1 region inside India and abroad having a number of 1835 sisters.