George Valiamattam

{{Short description|Indian Eastern Catholic bishop}}

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Mar George Valiamattam (born 16 September 1938) is an East Syriac Catholic Archbishop Emeritus. He was born at Punnathura, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was appointed as the second bishop of Archdiocese of Tellicherry, upon the retirement of Mar Sebastian Valloppilly on 1 May 1989. He was promoted to the post of Metropolitan Archbishop in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/bishop.php?id=28|website=syromalabarchurch.in|title=Syro Malabar Church Bishop ::Mar George Valiamattam Emeritus Bishop of Tellicherry ::Tellicherry Archeparchy|access-date=2022-03-18}}{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvali.html|author=David M. Cheney|website=catholic-hierarchy.org|title=Archbishop George Valiamattam [Catholic-Hierarchy]|access-date=2022-03-18}}

He served as the head of the Archdiocese for 25 years and retired in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org/bishops/former_priest_mar_george_valiamattam|author=Archdiocese of Tellichery|title=Former Bishops | Archdiocese of Tellichery|website=archdioceseoftellicherry.org|access-date=2022-03-18}}