| CATHOLICOS
OF THE EAST & MALANKARA METROPOLITAN (HEAD OF THE CHURCH)
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H. H. BASELIOUS MARTHOMA PAULOSE-II
H.H.Baselious Marthoma Paulose-II was born on August 30, 1946.
After schooling graduated from St. Thomas College, Trichur; joined
the Theological Seminary at Kottayam in 1969; ordained as deacon
at Koratty Seheyon Seminary in 1972; ordained as priest on June
2, 1973; ordained as Ramban by then Catholicos designate on May
3, 1983; ordained as Bishop at Puthiyacavu St. Mary’s Church
by Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I on May 15, 1985 and was given
charge of Kunnamkulam Diocese. While continuing as such His Beatitude
was elected as Catholicose Designate on 12 October 2006. On 01st
November 2010 His Holiness was installed as the Catholicos of
the East and Malankara Metropolitan.
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HIS GRACE
GEEVARGHESE MAR IVANIOS
His Grace was born on 14th Nov 1940. After schooling; graduated from
Fathima Matha College, Kollam and did post graduation in Hebrew and
Syriac Languages from Mansfield College, England; did Masters in Theology
from Oxford University; was ordained deacon in 1963 and priest in
1973, by His Grace Mathews Mar Kurilos. In 1979 ordained as Ramban
by H H Baselius .His Grace was ordained episcopa in 1985 at St Mary’s
Church, Puthiakavu, Mavelikkara. While acting as a Bishop of Kottayam
Diocese, elevated and installed as a metropolitan in 1991.
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