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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 for more than thirty years.[2]
Nooranal died on 29 November 2002 at Sulthan Bathery.[3]
He contested for Kerala State Legislative Assembly from Sulthan Bathery (State Assembly constituency) as an Independent candidate on behalf of the CPI(M) in the 2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election and lost against Indian National Congress candidate N. D. Appachan.[4][5][6]
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^"SBSC Bank Former Presidents". The Sulthan Bathery Service Co-Operative Bank, Ltd. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
^"Fr. Mathai Nooranal dead". The Hindu. 30 November 2002. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
^M. G. Radhakrishnan (14 May 2002). "Kerala: CPI(M) nominates priest to woo minorities as Church seeks to play political role". India Today. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^Daily, Keralakaumudi. "Priests wishing to contest polls should resign posts; if necessary will issue order, says Orthodox Church". Keralakaumudi Daily. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^Kumar, R. K. Suresh (2001). "Ideological Chimera, People's Mandate and the Left Debacle: Kerala Assembly Elections 2001". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 62 (2): 189–199. ISSN 0019-5510. JSTOR 42753667.
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