Comment » Mar Varkey Vithayathil, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Cardinal (from 2001), Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (from 1999) Mar Varkey Vithayathil , C.SS.R. was an Indian cardinal , serving as Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church died he was , 83. He was also a religious priest