Mathew Moolakkattu | |
Birth Date: | February 27, 1953 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Archbishop of Kottayam | |
See: | Kottayam |
Honorific Prefix: | Mar |
Honorific Suffix: | Metropolitan |
Church: | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Kottayam |
Predecessor: | Kuriakose Kunnacherry |
Rank: | Metropolitan |
Type: | Metropolitan Archbishop |
Appointed: | 12 December 2005 |
Ordination: | 27 December 1978 |
Consecrated By: | John Paul II |
Consecration: | 6 January 1999 |
Mar Mathew Moolakkatt (27 February 1953), an East Syriac knanaya Catholic Archbishop was born in Uzhavoor, India. Currently he is Archbishop of Knanaya Catholics of Kottayam Archeparchy, 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. 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]