# Mathew Moolakkatt

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{{Short description|Knanaya Catholic Archbishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Mathew Moolakkattu
| image =
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| caption = 
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|2|27}}
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place = 
| nationality = Indian
| other_names = 
| title = [Archbishop of Kottayam](/source/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Kottayam)
| website = 
| see = Kottayam
| honorific_prefix = Mar
| honorific_suffix = Metropolitan
| church = Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Kottayam
| predecessor = [Kuriakose Kunnacherry](/source/Kuriakose_Kunnacherry)
| rank = Metropolitan
| type = Metropolitan Archbishop
| appointed = 12 December 2005
| ordination = 27 December 1978
| consecrated_by = [John Paul II](/source/John_Paul_II)
| consecration = 6 January 1999
}}

'''Mar Mathew Moolakkatt''' (27 February 1953), a [Knanaya Catholic](/source/Knanaya) [Archbishop](/source/Archbishop) was born in [Uzhavoor](/source/Uzhavoor), India. Currently he is Archbishop of
Syro-Malabar Catholic [Archeparchy of Kottayam](/source/Archeparchy_of_Kottayam), succeeding [Kuriakose Kunnacherry](/source/Kuriakose_Kunnacherry) upon his retirement, he is a member of the [Order of St. Benedict](/source/Order_of_St._Benedict). He was entrusted the whole Knanaya catholic community in 2006 January. His mother parish is [http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/parish.php?id=263 St. Stephen's forane church  uzhavoor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306012837/http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/parish.php?id=263 |date=6 March 2016 }}. He was the synodal commission chairman of [http://santhom.org/ St. Thomas apostolic seminary  Vadavathoor]. He is one of the members of the permanent synod of the [Syro Malabar Catholic Church](/source/Syro_Malabar_Catholic_Church)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/syro-malabar-major-archbishop-curia.php|title=Major Archbishop's Curia::Syro Malabar Church|access-date=27 February 2016|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722150441/http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/syro-malabar-major-archbishop-curia.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* http://kottayamad.org/arch-bishop-of-kottayam/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323173122/http://kottayamad.org/arch-bishop-of-kottayam/ |date=23 March 2019 }}
* [https://www.knanayology.org/ Knanaya Resources]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmool.html Mathew Moolakkattu] at [Catholic-Hierarchy](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy)

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Category:1953 births
Category:Indian Benedictines
Category:Benedictine bishops
Category:21st-century Eastern Catholic archbishops
Category:Archbishops of Kottayam
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