Death of retired Bishop of Ujjain
(June 18.06.2011) We regret to announce the death at the age of 90 of the retired bishop of Ujjain, in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state, on Saturday morning at. the Pushpa Mission Hospital, Ujjain, 30 kms from Ernakulam. He was of the Syro Malabar rite and the first director of the Mission of St Thomas the Apostle (MSTA) and the first bishop of the newly erected diocese of Ujjain. Bishop Perumattam was born on 3rd November 1921 in Kakkoor of the Palai Eparchy to a devout ancient Syrian Catholic family. Ordained priest on 11 March 1951 he had been elected Bishop on 26th February 1977 and consecrated on 15th May the same year. He retired in 1998 and was succeeded by Bishop Sebastian Vadakel MSTA. Bishop Perumattam’s funeral will be celebrated on Tuesday 21st June at Ujjain Cathedral.
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