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Catholicos of India

For the historical office, see Maphrian. For list of holders, see List of maphrians.

Catholicos of the East

ܡܦܪܝܢܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ
Syriac Orthodox Church
Coat of arms of the Catholicos of the East
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Incumbent:
Baselios Joseph
(Since 25 March 2025)
StyleAboon Mor
His Beatitude the Catholicos
Location
CountryIndia
Territory Catholicate See [1]
ResidencePatriarchal Centre, Puthencruz
HeadquartersPatriarch Ignatius Zaka I Iwas Centre, Kerala, India
Information
First holderSt. Marutha of Tagrit[2]
Augen I
DenominationOriental Orthodox
Rite Antiochian Rite
EstablishedAD 559
CathedralMar Athanasius Cathedral, Puthencruz
Patron fatherSaint Thomas the Apostle
Parent churchSyriac Orthodox Church
Website
www.jacobitesyrianchurch.org

The Catholicos of India,[3][4] or the Maphrian is the head[5][6] of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, which is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church. He is ordained by the Patriarch of Antioch and functions within the Syriac Orthodox Church at an ecclesiastical-rank second to him.[7][8] He presides over the Holy Synod of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church The current Catholicos of India is Baselios Joseph, who was elevated on March 25, 2025.[9][10]

The Catholicate of India is supposedly a continuation of the historical Maphrianate of the East which was established in the 7th century, to oversee the affairs of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Persia under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Antioch.[11] It was abolished in 1860 by the Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and reestablished in Kerala in 1964 with the title "Catholicos" with jurisdiction over India.[12] The Catholicos is seated at Mar Athanasius Cathedral, Puthencruz, Kerala.[13][12]

  1. ^ Constitution of the Syriac Orthodox Church https://www.malankara.com/constitution_of_Syriac_orthodox_church.html
  2. ^ Fiey, Jean Maurice (2004). Lawrence Conrad (ed.). Saints Syriaques (in French). The Darwin Press.
  3. ^ "Jacobite Syrian Christian Church". JSC News- Official News Portal of the Church. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2021. In the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Patriarch of Antioch & all the East is the spiritual supreme, but the temporal powers of the local Church in India rests with an association, elected from among the representatives of Parishes of Malankara, and is to be administered under guidance from its Chief prelate, the Catholicos of India.
  4. ^ "Patriarch Zakka I: The SOC At a Glance". syriacorthodoxresources.org. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. ^ "India – Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch". syrianorthodoxchurch.org. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  6. ^ Constitution (1998).
  7. ^ SOC (1998). Syriac Orthodox Church Constitution. His Beatitude The Catholicos ranks second after the Patriarch within the Syrian Orthodox Church hierarchy. He is elected only by the Metropolitans under the jurisdiction of the Catholicate See. They must obey him, so must the priests, deacons and all the people within the Syrian Orthodox Archdioceses in India. At his ordination, he is proclaimed: Mor Baselius... (his personal name is added here). His name shall be proclaimed throughout the archdioceses in India during the Holy Mass and canonical prayers, after the name of the Patriarch and preceding the name of the Archdiocese Metropolitan. His name should be mentioned also at every Syrian church where he attends prayer. His title is: His Beatitude Mor Baselius... Catholicos of India and Metropolitan of Malankara.
  8. ^ The Service Book of the Holy Qurbono. Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in North America. 2017. p. 80.
  9. ^ "Catholicos Baselios Thomas I vests the new metropolitan trustee Joseph Mar Gregorios with the symbol of the post at Puthenkurisu on Wednesday. H. Vibhu". The Hindu. 28 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Catholicos Baselios Thomas I, head of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, passes away". 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  11. ^ Knight, Sarah (14 October 2020). "The Catholicate and the Maphrianate: their origins and progress". Malankara Research. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Patriarch Zakka I: The SOC At a Glance". syriacorthodoxresources.org. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  13. ^ "St. Athanasius Cathedral, Puthencuriz". www.syriacchristianity.in. Retrieved 29 March 2025.

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