Augustine Kandathil

Augustine Kandathil
Head of Syro-Malabar Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam
Diocese	Ernakulam
Installed	3 December 1911
Term ended	10 January 1956
Predecessor	Kariattil Ousep as the head of the Syro-Malabar Church Aloysius Pazheparambil as the Metropolitan of Ernakulam
Successor	Antony Padiyara, as the head of the Syro-Malabar Church Joseph Parecattil, as the immediate Archbishop of Ernakulam.
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1901
Personal details
Born	25 August 1874 Chempu
Died	10 January 1956 (aged 81) Ernakulam
Nationality	Indian

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

Further reading

• George Thalian: "The Great Archbishop Augustine W. Kandathil, D. D.: the Outline of a Vocation"., Bp. Louis Memorial Press, 1961.
• Abp. Augustine Kandathil: "'Statement" (PDF). on the Poem Shreeyeshu vijayam by Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai, 1926.