Matthew Makil

The Most Reverend Mar Mathew Makil Servant of God
First Vicar Apostolic of the Knanaya Kottayam
Portrait of Mathew Makil
Church	Catholic Church
Appointed	30 August 1911
Term ended	26 January 1914
Predecessor	Post established
Successor	Mar Alexander Chulaparambil
Previous post(s)	Vicar Apostolic of Changanacherry (1896-1911) Vicar General of Kottayam Apostolic Vicariate (Changanassery)
Personal details
Born	Mathai (1851-03-27)March 27, 1851 Manjoor, Travancore
Died	January 26, 1914(1914-01-26) (aged 62) Kottayam, Travancore
Buried	Edacat, Kottayam
Nationality	Indian
Denomination	Catholic
Residence	Manjoor
Parents	Thomman and Anna
Occupation	Catholic bishop
Coat of arms
Mar Matthew Makil Vicar Apostolic of Changanassery Appointed 11 August 1896 Installed 11 August 1896 Term ended 30 August 1911 Predecessor Charles Lavigne Successor Thomas Kurialachery Orders Ordination 30 May 1874 by Leonard Mellano, OCD Consecration 1892 by Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski

Mathew Makil (27 March 1851 – 26 January 1914) was the second Vicar Apostolic and the first indigenous Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate of Kottayam (Changanacherry), which is the Syro Malabar Archeparchy of Changanacherry today. Mathew Makil was also the first Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate of Kottayam, which is the Knanaya Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam today. In 1896, he became the Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate of Changanacherry, and in 1911, when a new Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam was constituted exclusively for the Knanaya Catholics, Mathew Makil was transferred to Kottayam as its first Vicar Apostolic. He died at Kottayam on 26 January 1914 and he was declared as Servant of God on 26 January 2009.