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

Syro-Malabar Catholic lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

Archbishop of the

Archdiocese of Changanassery The Archeparchy of Changanacherry is a Syro-Malabar Catholic archeparchy with an area of 24,595 km2 comprising the districts of Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, and also Kanyakumari distric ...

. He was appointed

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

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

Servant of God "Servant of God" is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint. Terminology The expression "servant of God" appears nine times in the Bible, the first five in th ...

in 1994.

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Mathew Kavukattu bio sketch

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kavukattu, Mathew 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