Mathai Nooranal
Rev. Fr. Mathai Nooranal 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. He was the president of Sulthan Bathery Co-Operative Bank in for more than thirty years.
Nooranal died on 29 November 2002 at Sulthan Bathery.