Cyril Mar Baselios

Cyril Baselios
Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum Major Archbishop Catholicos of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Church	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
See	Trivandrum, India
In Office	1995–2007
Predecessor	Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios
Successor	Moran mor Baselios Cleemis
Personal details
Born	August 16, 1935(1935-08-16) Pandalam, Kerala
Died	January 18, 2007(2007-01-18) (aged 71) Trivandrum, Kerala
Previous post	Metropolitan Bishop of Bathery (1978–1995)

Major Archbishop Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholcios Bava O.I.C. (August 16, 1935 – January 18, 2007) was the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church based in Trivandrum, Kerala. He was the first Major Archbishop-Catholicos Bava of the Church, elevated by Pope John Paul II.

He had ecumenical relations with the Indian Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Mar Thoma Church and other St. Thomas churches.

He was born in Pandalam, Kerala.

Baselios was ordained priest in 1960 by Aboon Benedict Mar Gregorios. He received a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1965, after taking a master's degree in psychology from St. John's University in New York City. He taught at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary in Kottayam and St. Joseph's Pontifical Institute, Mangalapuzha, Aluva.

Baselios became the Bishop of the Diocese of Bathery in 1978 and was made the metropolitan archbishop and head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in 1995. He received the pallium from the Pope John Paul II on January 9, 1996 in Vatican City.

Baselios died suddenly of a heart attack on January 18, 2007, in Trivandrum.^[1]

References

1. ^ First Major archbishop and catholicos dead from the Earth Times

External links

• Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
• Syro-Malankara Catholic Church - alternative site built by Malankarites

Preceded by Benedict Mar Gregorios

Major Archbishop of Trivandrum 1995–2007

Succeeded by Baselios Cleemis

Persondata
Name	Cyril Mar Baselios
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 16, 1935
Place of birth	Pandalam, Kerala
Date of death	January 18, 2007
Place of death	Trivandrum, Kerala