Rev. Fr. Mathai Nooranal (1928–2002) was a priest of the

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. He was a

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and a

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. Nooranal served as vicar of the St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral,

Sulthan Bathery Sulthan Bathery is a major municipal town in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Sultan Bathery taluk and is the most populous and commercially active urban center in the district. Strategic ...

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from 1951 until his death in 2002. He was instrumental in setting up the St. Mary's College in Sulthan Bathery, the first college in

Wayanad district Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of the Indian state of Kerala, with its administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, ...

. He was the president of

Co-Operative Bank for more than thirty years. Nooranal died on 29 November 2002 at

. He contested for Kerala State Legislative Assembly from

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as an Independent candidate on behalf of the CPI(M) in the

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election The 2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 10 May 2001 to elect members to the Kerala State Assembly. Polls were held simultaneously in all 140 seats and resulted in a voter turnout of 72.47%. The election saw a change of guard ...

and lost against

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candidate N. D. Appachan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nooranal, Fr. Mathai 1928 births 2002 deaths Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Christians Christian clergy from Ernakulam district 20th-century Oriental Orthodox clergy 21st-century Oriental Orthodox clergy

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