Mathew Moolakkatt

Mar Mathew Moolakkattu Metropolitan
Archbishop of Kottayam
Church	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Kottayam
See	Kottayam
Appointed	12 December 2005
Predecessor	Kuriakose Kunnacherry
Orders
Ordination	27 December 1978
Consecration	6 January 1999 by  John Paul II
Rank	Metropolitan
Personal details
Born	(1953-02-27) 27 February 1953 (age 72)
Nationality	Indian

Mar Mathew Moolakkatt (27 February 1953), a Knanaya Catholic Archbishop was born in Uzhavoor, India. Currently he is Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam, succeeding Kuriakose Kunnacherry 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 is St. Stephen's forane church uzhavoor Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine . He was the synodal commission chairman of St. Thomas apostolic seminary Vadavathoor. He is one of the members of the permanent synod of the Syro Malabar Catholic Church ^[1]

References

1. "Major Archbishop's Curia::Syro Malabar Church". Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

External links

• http://kottayamad.org/arch-bishop-of-kottayam/ Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Knanaya Resources
• Mathew Moolakkattu at Catholic-Hierarchy