Baselios Thomas I

His Beatitude Aboon Mor

Baselios Thomas I
His Beatitude Aboon Mor; Baselios Thomas I
Catholicos of India
Church	Syriac Orthodox Church
See	Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church
In office	2002 - 2024
Predecessor	Baselios Paulose II
Successor	Baselios Joseph
Other post(s)	Malankara Metropolitan, Metropolitan of Angamali Diocese
Orders
Ordination	21 September 1958 ; by Julius Elias Qoro
Consecration	24 February 1974 ; by Ignatius Yaqub III
Personal details
Born	22 July 1929; Puthencruz, Travancore, India
Died	31 October 2024 (aged 95); Kochi, Kerala, India
Buried	St. Athanasius Cathedral, Puthencruz
Nationality	Indian
Denomination	Oriental Orthodox

Mor Baselios Thomas I (Syr: ܡܳܪܝ̱ ܒܰܣܺܝܠܺܝܳܘܣ ܬܐܳܘܡܰܐ ܩܰܕ݂ܡܳܝܳܐ; Mal: മോർ ബസേലിയോസ് തോമസ് പ്രഥമൻ; Born Cheruvillil Mathai Thomas 22 July 1929 – 31 October 2024) was the Catholicos of India (Maphrian) and head of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church. He also served as the Metropolitan of the Angamali Diocese. He was the first head of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church to use the title "Catholicos of India".

Enthroned on 26 July 2002 by Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas at St. Ephrem's Monastery in Damascus, Syria, he led the church through periods of ecclesiastical and social challenge until his death in 2024.