Strontium-substituted LaCoO 3 and doublesubstituted La 0.9 Sr 0.1 CoO 3 by Cu, Fe and Ni perovskite catalysts were prepared via citric acid sol-gel method. The precursors were calcined at 750°C in stagnant air. The precursor of the catalyst showing the best activity for soot oxidation was also reactively calcined in a flowing reactive mixture of 4.6 % CO in air at 750°C. The catalysts were characterized by N 2 -sorption, XRD, FTIR and SEM. The substitution of Sr in LaCoO 3 enhanced the activity of the catalyst. Further, increase in the activities of the catalysts was observed for double substitution of Cu, Ni and Fe in La 0.9 Sr 0.1 CoO 3 . The catalyst formulation La 0.9 Sr 0.1 Co 0.5-Fe 0.5 O 3 , calcined in air (Cat-5A) and reactively calcined (Cat-5B), showed higher activities than other four optimized catalysts composition calcined in air. Cat-5B exhibited the best activity resulting in total soot combustion at the lowest temperature of 325°C. The best performance of Cat-5B was associated with its partially reduced perovskite phase as a result of reactive calcination leading to lattice vacancies and defects. Cat-5B has good thermal stability found in a repeated cycles of soot combustion experiments.