Mar Matthew Makil

Servant of God Mar Mathew Makil (March 27, 1851 - January 26, 1914) was a Catholic bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. He was born in Manjoor, Kerala, India. He was the third son of Thomman and Anna Makil puthenpurayil.

On completion of clerical studies and formation he was ordained priest by Archbishop Leonard Mellano, Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly on 30 May 1874. Fr. Mathew celebrated his first Holy Mass in Vanampadi Church at Varapuzha on 8 June 1874.

He was appointed Vicar General for the Southists in the Vicariate of Kottayam in 1889. When the Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam and Trichur were re-organized into Trichur, Ernakulam and Changanassery in 1896, he was nominated Titular Bishop of Trallus and appointed Vicar Apostolic of Changanassery. In 1911, a new Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam was constituted exclusively for the Knanaya Catholics and Mar Mathew Makil was transferred to Kottayam as Vicar Apostolic. He died at Kottayam on 26 January 1914

In 2009, he was canonized as a Servant of God in the Catholic Church.

See also

• Official website for the cause of SOG. Mar Mathew Makil

External links

• Mathew Makil bio sketch
• Selection of brief biographies of Bishops of Kottayam

References

Persondata
Name	Makil, Mathew
Alternative names
Short description	Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam
Date of birth	March 27, 1851
Place of birth	Manjoor, Kerala, India
Date of death	January 26, 1914
Place of death	Kottayam, India