Kavukattu Mar Mathew Metropolitan (17 July 1904 – 9 October 1969) was the first

Syro-Malabar Catholic The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India. It is a ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Catholi ...

Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Changanassery. He was appointed

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in 1950, elevated as archbishop in 1956 and served as Metropolitan until his death. He was named a

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in 1994.

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Mathew Kavukattu bio sketch

* ttps://www.mangalapuzha.org/sog_details.php?id=MjY%3D Mar Mathew Kavukattu Eastern Catholic Servants of God 1904 births 1969 deaths 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops Syro-Malabar bishops Archbishops of Changanassery 20th-century venerated Christians Participants in the Second Vatican Council Malayali people People from Pala, Kerala {{SyroMalabar-bishop-stub