Geevarghese Ivanios
Aboun Mor Ivanios "P. T." Geevarghese Panikkervettil, OIC (born 21 September 1882 as Panikkervettil Thomas Panicker Geevarghese - died 15 July 1953) was the first metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum. He was the founder of Bethany Ashram for monks in Order of Imitation Christ (OIC) and Bethany Madam order of nuns. He was the first M.A. degree holder in the Kerala or Malankara Church. He also served as the principal of the Kottayam M.D Seminary High School and as a professor at Serampore College. He is a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church, having been declared a Servant of God by Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottungal in 2007.
Ivanios Geevarghese Panikkervettil | |
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| First Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum, Founder and First head of the Syro Malankara Catholic Church. | |
| Church | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
| See | Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum |
| Installed | 11 June 1932 |
| Term ended | 15 July 1953 |
| Predecessor | None (seat created) |
| Successor | Aboun Mor Benedict Gregorios Thangalathil OIC |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 September 1908 by Vattasseril Dionysius |
| Consecration | 1 May 1925 by Baselios Geevarghese I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | P. T Geevarghese 21 September 1882 Mavelikkara, Kerala |
| Died | 15 July 1953 (aged 70) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Buried | Saint Mary's Malankara Syrian Catholic Cathedral Church, Pattom, Trivandrum |
| Nationality | India |
| Previous post(s) | Metropolitan Archbishop of Bethany Ashram of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
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