Baselios Marthoma Mathews I
Baselios Marthoma Mathews I (27 March 1907 – 8 November 1996) was the primate of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, also known as Indian Orthodox Church. He was the 5th catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and 18th Malankara Metropolitan.
Baselios Marthoma Mathews I | |
|---|---|
| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church | |
| Church | Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
| See | Catholicos of the East |
| Installed | 27 October 1975 |
| Term ended | 27 April 1991 |
| Predecessor | Baselios Augen I |
| Successor | Baselios Marthoma Mathews II |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 27 October 1946 Old Seminary |
| Consecration | 15 May 1953 by Baselios Geevarghese II |
| Rank | Catholicos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | V.K. Mathew 27 March 1907 Kottayam |
| Died | 8 November 1996 (aged 89) Devalokam, Kottayam |
| Buried | Catholicate Palace, Devalokam, Kottayam |
| Previous post(s) | Metropolitan of Diocese Outside Kerala |
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