Kadalikkattil Mathai Kathanar was the founder of Sacred Heart Congregation. He was born on 25 April 1872 in

Palai Pallai (, ), also spelt Palai, is a small town in the Kilinochchi District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The town is located under the division of the Pachilaipally Divisional Secretary and is administered by the Pachilaipally Pradeshiya Sa ...

, Kerala, India. He was a Syro- Malabar Catholic

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of the

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Congregation. He was Ordained a priest on 17 February 1901. He founded Sacred Heart Congregation on 1 January 1911. He died on 23 May 1935. He was announced '

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' on 12 November 1989 and raised to the state of '

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' on 27 October 2011 by

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1872 births 1935 deaths 20th-century venerated Christians People from Pala, Kerala Syro-Malabar priests Venerated Catholics by Pope Benedict XVI {{SyroMalabar-clergy-stub