Augustine Kandathil
First Indian Archbishop and First Head of the Catholic Church of St. Thomas (1874–1956)
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Augustine Kandathil (25 August 1874 – 10 January 1956) was Metropolitan and head of the Syro-Malabar Church, 1923–1956.
DioceseErnakulam
Installed3 December 1911
Termended10 January 1956
Predecessor
- Joseph Kariattil as the head of the Syro-Malabar Church
- Aloysius Pazheparambil as the immediately preceding vicar-apostolic of Ernakulam
Augustine Kandathil | |
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| Head of Syro-Malabar Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam | |
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| Diocese | Ernakulam |
| Installed | 3 December 1911 |
| Term ended | 10 January 1956 |
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| Ordination | 21 December 1901 |
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| Born | 25 August 1874 |
| Died | 10 January 1956 (aged 81) |
Further reading
- Thalian, George (2006). Kandathil, David C. (ed.). The Great Archbishop Augustine W. Kandathil, D. D.: the Outline of a Vocation (third ed.). on-line.
- Abp. Augustine Kandathil: "'Statement" (PDF).[permanent dead link] on the Poem Shreeyeshu vijayam by Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai, 1926.
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