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Mar Mathew
Moolakkatt was born on February 27, 1953
at Uzhavoor in Kottayam Distrct. He
was ordained priest on the 7th
December, 1978. He has B.Sc., B.Ed.,
M.A. in Sociology and doctorate in
Canon Law. In 1994 he joined the
Vallombrosan Benedictine Monastery
and made the Final Profession on December
5, 1998; on December 28, 1998 he was
nominated Bishop of Holler and
appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam. He Received the Episcopal
Ordination on 6th January, 1999 form
His Holiness Pope John Paul II.
Later on August 15, 2003 H.H. Pope
John Paul II appointed Mar Mathew
Moolakkat as Co-Adjutor Bishop of
the Eparchy of Kottayam. He is now
serving as member of CBCI Commission
for Justice Peace and Development.
He is the member of the K.C.B.C.
Commission for Youth. Presently he
is a member of permanent synod of
the Syro-Malabar Church and also a
member of the Liturgical Commission.
He is also a synodal commission
member of St. Thomas Apostolic
Seminary, Vadavathoor and Good
Shepherded Major Seminary, Kunnoth. On 14th January
2006 when Mar Kunnachery resigned he
was enthroned as the Metropolitan
Archbishop of Kottayam. |
