Mathai Nooranal

Rev. Fr. Mathai Nooranal (1928–2002) was a priest of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was a social worker and a philanthropist.

Nooranal served as vicar of the St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Sulthan Bathery, Kerala from 1951 until his death in 2002. He was instrumental in setting up the St. Mary's College in Sulthan Bathery, the first college in Wayanad District.[1] He was the president of Sulthan Bathery Co-Operative Bank in for more than thirty years.[2]

Nooranal died on 29 November 2002 at Sulthan Bathery.[3] He contested for Kerala State Legislative Assembly from Sultan Bathery on behalf on CPI(M) and lost against ND Appachan of Congress.

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Notes
  1. "Prominent Faces in Wayanad". wayanad.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. "SBSC Bank Former Presidents". The Sulthan Bathery Service Co-Operative Bank, Ltd. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. "Fr. Mathai Nooranal dead". hindu.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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