20th and 21st-century Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop

Abraham D. Mattam (21 November 1922 :– 16 April 2019) was a bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

Biography

Mattam was born in Narianganam, India and ordained a priest on 15 March 1950 from the religious order of Vincentian Congregation (Ins*ute of Consecrated Life). He was appointed Archiepiscopal Exarch of Satna on 29 July 1968. He was appointed bishop to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Satna on 26 February 1977 and ordained bishop on 30 April 1977. He retired from the diocese on 18 December 1999.

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• Catholic-Hierarchy