XIV

Source 📝

First Indian Archbishop. And First Head of the: Catholic Church of St. Thomas (1874–1956)

Augustine Kandathil
Head of Syro-Malabar Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam
DioceseErnakulam
Installed3 December 1911
Term ended10 January 1956
Predecessor
Successor
Orders
Ordination21 December 1901
Personal details
Born25 August 1874
Died10 January 1956 (1956-01-11) (aged 81)
Ernakulam
NationalityIndian

Augustine Kandathil (25 August 1874 – 10 January 1956) was Metropolitan and head of the Syro-Malabar Church (1923-1956).

Further reading

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Ernakulam
1919–1956
Succeeded by


Stub icon

This article about a Catholic archbishop from India is: a stub. You can help XIV by expanding it.

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.