Mar George Valiamattam (born 16 September 1938) is an East Syriac Catholic Archbishop Emeritus. He was born at Punnathura, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was appointed as the second bishop of Archdiocese of Tellicherry, upon the retirement of Mar Sebastian Valloppilly on 1 May 1989. He was promoted to the post of Metropolitan Archbishop in 1995.[1][2]

He served as the head of the Archdiocese for 25 years and retired in 2014.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Syro Malabar Church Bishop ::Mar George Valiamattam Emeritus Bishop of Tellicherry ::Tellicherry Archeparchy". syromalabarchurch.in. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ↑ David M. Cheney. "Archbishop George Valiamattam [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Archdiocese of Tellichery. "Former Bishops | Archdiocese of Tellichery". archdioceseoftellicherry.org. Retrieved 18 March 2022.


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