Rev. Fr. Mathai Nooranal (1928–2002) was a priest of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was a social worker and a philanthropist. Nooranal served as vicar of the St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral,

Sulthan Bathery Sultan Bathery is a town and municipality in Wayanad district of Kerala, India, near the borders with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states. The largest town in Wayanad district, it is the headquarters of Sultan Bathery taluk. The place came to ...

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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 Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

. 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

Sulthan Bathery (State Assembly constituency) Sulthan Bathery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Wayanad Lok Sabha ...

as an Independent candidate on behalf of the CPI(M) in the 2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election 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 People from Ernakulam district 20th-century Oriental Orthodox clergy 21st-century Oriental Orthodox clergy

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