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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC921
TitleAccession 921: Papers relating to Archdeacon Oomen Mamen
Extent1 volume
Date2009
DescriptionCopy of privately published biography of The Venerable Oomen Mamen, Archdeacon of Mavelikara, and CMS missionary, written by his great grandson.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series:
Z: Miscellaneous papers.
Access ConditionsAccess to all registered researchers
CopyrightPermission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing, from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk), the Church Mission Society (email: maddy.peston@churchmissionsociety.org), and any other rights holders. Requests to publish should be accompanied by a copy of proposed text. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying other copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
LanguageEnglish
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryOomen Mamen (1830-1904) of Travancore, a Syrian Christian, attended Cottayam College [Kottayam]. He was recruited as a CMS missionary in 1856 and was ordained as deacon in 1856 and priest in 1859 by the Bishop of Madras [Chennai]. He was stationed at 'Allepie', Mallapalli and Changanacheri [Changanassery]. He translated sections from English Divines, printed under the title 'Spiritual Gems'. He became Archdeacon of Mavelikara. His son, Allumettel Oomen Matthai, was also a CMS missionary.

Source: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905)
AcquisitionPresented by the author, January 2010.
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