Kadalikkattil Mathai Kathanar

Venerable

Mathew of Kadalikkattil
Born25 April 1872
Palai, Kerala
Died23 May 1935(1935-05-23) (aged 63)
Kerala, India

Kadalikkattil Mathai Kathanar was a priest of the Syro-Malabar Church and the founder of Sacred Heart Congregation.[1]

Life

Kathanar was born on 25 April 1872 in Palai, Kerala, India. He attended the seminar conducted in the Syrian Carmelite monastery at Mannanam and was ordained priest on 17 February, 1901. Ten years later, he founded the Sacred Heart Congregation on 1 January 1911. He died on 23 May 1935. ´

Beatification process

The beatification process for Kathanar was opened on 12 November 1989, and he was declared Venerable on 27 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Sacred Heart Congregation". shcongregation.org. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ^ ":: VENERABLE FR. MATHEW KADALIKKATTIL ::". kadalikkattilachan.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Sacred Heart Congregation". stmatthewssh.org. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.


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