Baselios Marthoma Paulose II
21st Malankara Metropolitan and 8th Catholicos of the Malankara Church (1946–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baselios Marthoma Paulose II (born K. I. Paul of West Mangad); 30 August 1946[2] – 12 July 2021) was the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was ordained in 1973, consecrated in 1985 and enthroned as the 8th Catholicos of the Malankara Church and the 21st Malankara Metropolitan on 1 November 2010,[3][4][5] succeeding Didymos I.[6][7][8]
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Baselios Marthoma Paulose II | |
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Catholicos of the East, Malankara Metropolitan | |
Church | Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
See | Holy Apostolic See of Saint Thomas in Malankara |
Elected | 12 October 2006 |
Installed | 1 November 2010 |
Term ended | 12 July 2021 |
Predecessor | H.H Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Didymos I |
Successor | H.H Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews III |
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Ordination | 1973 by Yuhanon Mar Severios |
Consecration | 15 May 1985 by Mathews I |
Rank | Catholicos |
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Born | K. I. Paul (1946-08-30)30 August 1946 |
Died | 12 July 2021(2021-07-12) (aged 74) Kerala, India |
Buried | Catholicate Aramana Chapel |
Nationality | Indian |
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Alma mater | St. Thomas College (BS) Orthodox Theological Seminary (GST) Serampore University (BD) C.M.S College (MA)[1] |
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