Mor Yulios Elias Qoro (Elias Mar Julius) (1881–1962) was a

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Bishop and the

Patriarchal Delegate of India Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Delegates of India or the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal delegate to the India (for the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church) is the representative of the patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, who is sent to India to guide an ...

, Born as Elias Malke Qoro at

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...

on August 1, 1881,educated at school of the Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. He joined Dairo d-Kurkmo ( Mor Hananyo Monastery) in 1902, and became a monk on 16 June 1905. He was appointed secretary to Ignatius Abded Aloho II Patriarch of Antioch in 1906, and was ordained kashisho in 1908. He became abbot of Mor Hananyo Monastery in 1911, and was appointed director of its printing press. He was consecrated bishop on 23 September 1923 in the Church of the Forty Martyrs by Ignatius Elias III Patriarch of Antioch, appointed to serve in Malankara. He served as Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara in 1927. In 1932, he established

Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara Manjanikkara Dayara is a monastery of the Syriac Orthodox Church. It is situated at the top of the hillock in Manjanikkara, near Omallur, Pathanamthitta District, in South Kerala, India. The monastery was established by Mor Yulios Elias Qoro, ...

on the tomb of Elias III Patriarch of Antioch at

Omallur Omalloor is a small town, about 3.5 km south of Pathanamthitta District headquarters, in Kerala. Omalloor is famous for '' Vayal Vanibham'' which is an annual farming fair held in the month of Meenam (October). People from both within and ou ...

, Kerala. He established and approved order for various monasteries and churches in Kerala. He died in 1962 at

, Kerala, India and was buried at

. File:Tomb of Mor Yulios Elias Qoro.jpg, Tomb of Yulios Elias Qoro

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Syriac Orthodox Church bishops Oriental Orthodoxy in India 1881 births 1962 deaths Turkish religious leaders Turkish Oriental Orthodox Christians People from Mardin {{India-reli-bio-stub