| Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency Servant of God |
| Michael Arattukulam | |
| First Bishop of Alleppey | |
| Province: | Kerala |
| Diocese: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Alleppey |
| Ended: | 28 April 1984 (retired) |
| Successor: | Peter M. Chenapparambil |
| Ordination: | 29 August 1937 |
| Consecration: | 7 December 1952 |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Arthunkal, Alleppey, British India (present-day Kerala, India) |
| Buried: | Mount Carmel Cathedral, Alleppey |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Religion: | Catholic Church |
| Alma Mater: | Mangalapuzha Seminary |
Michael Arattukulam (17 April 1910 – 20 March 1995) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alleppey and an advocate of the Rotae Romanae.[1]
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alleppey belongs to the Latin rite and was created on 19 June 1952 by the division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin. Arattukulam was consecrated as the Bishop of Alleppey on 7 December 1952. Arattukulam participated in the four sessions in the Second Ecumenical Council of Vatican held at St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, from 1962–1965.[2]
He was the first bishop to publicly criticize the "Indianization" of the Catholic Church's liturgy, although some Catholic groups protested against the use of Hindu elements in the Mass.[3]
Arattukulam identified the sanctity of Fernanda Riva's life and asked that her Cause for Canonisation be introduced.[4]