Augustine Kandathil

{{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 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

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Augustine Kandathil (25 August 1874 – 10 January 1956) was an Indian Catholic prelate who served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam and head of the Syro-Malabar Church from 1923 to 1956.