Baselios Paulose II
His Beatitude Baselios Paulose II | |
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| Catholicos of India, Maphrian | |
 Portrait of H.B Mor Baselios Paulose II at Krishnagiri, Wayanad. | |
| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| See | Jacobite Syrian Christian Church |
| In office | 1975–1996 |
| Predecessor | Baselios Augen I |
| Successor | Baselios Thomas I |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1938 by Yulios Elias Qoro |
| Consecration | Ignatius Yaqub III by September 7, 1975 |
| Rank | Catholicos / Maphrian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1914 , India |
| Died | 1 September 1996 (aged 82) India |
| Buried | Malekurish dayara |
Baselios Paulose II (born as Puthusseril Joseph Paulose; 12 June 1914 in , Manakunnam, India September 1996) was the first Maphrian of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (Syriac Orthodox Church in India).
Early life[]
Paulose was born on 12 June 1914 to the Vicar of Cherai St Mary's church, Kasheesho Puthusseril Joseph and Elizabeth. He was named P. J. Paulose and completed his secondary education at Cherai Ramavarma High School. After completing college education at Kottayam CMS College and Alwaye Union Christian College, Paulose joined the Manjinikkara Dayaro. Paulose continued his Syriac education under Rabban Abdul Ahad (later Patriarch Yaqub III).
Holy Orders[]
Priesthood[]
In 1934, Yulius Elias, the delegate of the Patriarch to Malankara, ordained Paulose as deacon. In 1938, Yulius ordained him priest at Manjinikkara Dayaro (Monastery). Later Paulose became secretary to Yulius and malphono at Manjinikkara Dayaro.
Metropolitan[]
On 25 April 1952, the Kandanad diocesan delegates meeting selected 'Kasheesho' Paulose to succeed Athanasius Paulose who had therelinquished his additional duties as the metropolitan of Kandanad due to illness. Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum ordained Paulose P. J. with the name Mor Philoxenus on 19 October 1952 at Homs, Syria.
Catholicos[]
On 7 September 1975, Ignatius Jacob III consecrated Philoxenus as Catholicos of the East (Catholicos of India). On 14 September 1980, he consecrated Ignatios Zakka I Iwas, Archbishop of Baghdad, as the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch; this was the first time in the long history of the Patriarchate of Antioch that a Catholicos from Malankara officiated at the consecration of a Patriarch. He also ordained six bishops for the Malankara church.[citation needed]
Death and entombment[]
The remains of Catholicos Basileus Paulose II are interred in a tomb in Malekurishu Dayro near Puthenkurishu in Ernakulam District, Kerala.
See also[]
- List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch
- List of Maphrians
- Syriac Christianity
- Saint Thomas Christians
External links[]
- Biography from Margonitho: Syriac Orthodox Resources
- Syrian Church website: Life and legacy of Late Lamented Catholicos Mor Baselios Paulose II - www.Catholicate.in
- Mar Gregorious Jacobite Syrian Church North Marady
| Grand Metropolitans of the East (559–1075) | |
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| Maphrians of the East (1075–1859) |
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| Catholicoi of India (1964–present) |
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† Illegitimate; § Maphrian of Malabar
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- Indian Oriental Orthodox Christians
- Malayali people
- People from Ernakulam district
- Indian Christian religious leaders
- Syriac Orthodox Church bishops
- 1914 births
- 1996 deaths
- Christian clergy from Kochi