Mor Ivanios Mathews (born 29 April 1954) is a

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bishop, currently the

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of Kandanad Diocese.

Education

Mor Ivanios Mathews has obtained

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degree and has a Bachelor of Theology degree from

Papal Seminary Papal Seminary, Pune, India, is a Catholic educational institute whose primary function is training priests. Currently, it caters to the formation of about 180 Seminarians from most of the dioceses of India. It trains students from all three ri ...

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Ordination

In 1972

Baselios Paulose II Baselios Paulose II (born as Puthusseril Joseph Paulose (12 June 1914–1 September 1996) was the second Maphrian(Catholicos) of the East Jacobite Syrian Christian Church ( Syriac Orthodox Church in India) (posthumously known as Maphrian of In ...

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ordained him as

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and in 1976 as Kassisso. Later in 2001 Patriarch

Ignatius Zakka I Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ( syr, ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܙܟܝ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܥܝܘܐܨ; ar, إغناطيوس زكا الأول عيواص; ', born Sanharib Iwas, 21 April 1931 – 21 March 2014) was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Anti ...

consecrated him as metropolitan at

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

, Syria.

References

Living people Syriac Orthodox Church bishops Indian Oriental Orthodox Christians People from Ernakulam district 1954 births {{India-reli-bio-stub