Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific Prefix: | Mar |
Mathew Kavukattu | |
Honorific-Suffix: | Servant of God |
First Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanassery | |
Term Start: | 3 January 1951 |
Term End: | 9 October 1969 |
Predecessor: | James Kalacherry |
Successor: | Antony Padiyara |
Church: | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Birth Date: | 1904 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Pravithanam, Palai |
Death Place: | Changanassery |
Alma Mater: | St. Berchmans College |
Kavukattu Mar Mathew Metropolitan (17 July 1904 – 9 October 1969) was the first Syro-Malabar Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Changanassery. He was appointed bishop in 1950, elevated as archbishop in 1956 and served as Metropolitan until his death. He was named a Servant of God in 1994.[1]