Baselios Marthoma Paulose II

His Holiness

Baselios Marthoma Paulose II
His Holiness; Baselios Marthoma Paulose II
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
Orders
Ordination	1973; by Yuhanon Mar Severios
Consecration	15 May 1985; by Mathews I
Rank	Catholicos
Personal details
Born	K. I. Paul; 30 August 1946; Kunnamkulam
Died	12 July 2021 (aged 74); Kerala, India
Buried	Catholicate Aramana Chapel
Nationality	Indian
Previous post(s)	Metropolitan of Kunnamkulam Diocese (1985-2021); Catholicose Designate and Assistant to Malankara Metropolitan (2006-2010);
Alma mater	St. Thomas College (BS) ; Orthodox Theological Seminary (GST) ; Serampore University (BD) ; C.M.S College (MA)

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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