Kadalikkattil Mathai Kathanar
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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]
