Mar Mathew Moolakkatt (27 February 1953), a Knanaya Catholic

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was born in

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, India. Currently he is Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic

Archeparchy of Kottayam The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam is a Knanaya metropolitan archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India. The archeparchy is exclusively for Knanaya faithful who claim to be the descendants of Syriac Judeo-Christians ...

, succeeding

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upon his retirement, he is a member of the Order of St. Benedict. He was entrusted the whole Knanaya catholic community in 2006 January. His mother parish i
St. Stephen's forane church uzhavoor
He was the synodal commission chairman o
St. Thomas apostolic seminary Vadavathoor
He is one of the members of the permanent synod of the

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References

External links

* http://kottayamad.org/arch-bishop-of-kottayam/
Knanaya Resources

at

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