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{{Short description|First Indian Archbishop and First Head of the Catholic Church of St. Thomas (1874–1956)}}
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{{Infobox Bishop
| name = Augustine Kandathil
| title = Head of Syro-Malabar Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of [[List of Major Archbishops of Ernakulam-Angamaly|Ernakulam]]
| image = Augustine Kandathil.gif
| imagesize = 180 px
| diocese = Ernakulam
| ordination = 21 December 1901.
| enthroned = 3 December 1911
| 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.
| birth_date = 25 August 1874
| birth_place = [[Chempu]]
| death_date = {{d-da|10 January 1956|25 August 1874}}
| death_place = [[Ernakulam]]
| nationality = Indian.
| signature =
| honorific_prefix = [[Mar]]
}}
'''Augustine Kandathil''' (25 August 1874 – 10 January 1956) was the first and longest serving [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] and head of the [[Syro-Malabar Church]], the principal Church of the [[Saint Thomas Christians]] in [[India]]. He was the first [[India]]n to assume powers and reign as an [[archbishop]] of the [[Catholic Church]].

He was born in [[Chempu]], near [[Vaikom]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], and was ordained a [[priest]] on 21 December 1901. In 1911, he was ordained [[bishop]] and appointed [[Coadjutor bishop|coadjutor]] to Bishop [[Aloysius Pazheparambil]], and in 1919 succeeded the latter as [[Vicar Apostolic]] of [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly|Ernakulam]].

He became Archbishop and head of the Syro-Malabar Church on 21 December 1923 when the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy was founded, and led the church until his demise.

He participated in the [[canonisation]] of the "Little Flower", [[Thérèse of Lisieux]] in 1925 and also visited and came to know at close quarters the activities of the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers]] during his visit to [[Ireland]]; this inspired the Archbishop to found the [[Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux]] on 19 March 1931. He was also the founder of the [[Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth]] in 1948.

==Further reading==
*George Thalian: {{cite web|url=http://kandathil.org/kandathil/kandathil.html |title=`''The Great Archbishop Mar Augustine Kandathil, D. D.: the Outline of a Vocation'''}}, Mar Louis Memorial Press, 1961. [http://kandathil.org/kandathil/kandathil.ps (Postscript)] [http://kandathil.org/kandathil/kandathil.pdf (PDF)].
*Abp. Augustine Kandathil: {{cite web|url=http://kandathil.org/kandathil/kattakayam.pdf|title=`''Statement''}} on the Poem ''Shreeyeshu vijayam'' by [[Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai]], 1926.

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