Abraham Koorilos I

Kattumanghattu Abraham Mar Koorilos I was the first primate and Metropolitan of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church in Kerala, India, although it was known initially as Thozhiyoor Church when established in 1772. Abraham Koorilos I is popularly known as Kattumangattu Valiya Bava.^[1][2]

His Grace Abraham Mar Koorilos I Founder of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Native name	Kattumanghattu Abraham Koorilos Valiya Bava
Church	Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Installed	1772
Term ended	1802
Successor	Geevargheese Koorilose II
Orders
Consecration	by Gregorios of Jerusalem
Rank	Thozhiyur Metropolitan
Personal details
Born	Kerala, India
Died	(1802-07-10)10 July 1802
Buried	St. George's Cathedral Church, Thozhiyur

Mar Koorilos I remained primate for 30 years from 1772 until his death on 10 July 1802. His brother succeeded him as primate of the church as Kattumangattu Geevarghese Mar Koorilose II until 1808.^[3]

See also

• Malankara Church

Notes

1. The forgotten bishops : the Malabar Independent Syrian Church and its place in the story of the St. Thomas Christians of South India. Gorgias Press. 2009. ISBN 978-1-60724-619-0.
2. "Misc – Malabar Independent Syrian Church".
3. Hage, Wolfgang (2007). Das orientalische Christentum (in German). W. Kohlhammer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-17-017668-3.

References

• Vadakkekara, Benedict (2007). Origin of Christianity in India: a Historiographical Critique. Media House Delhi.