Baselios Paulose II
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Mor Baselios Paulose II (Syr: ܡܳܪܝ ܒܰܣܺܝܠܺܝܳܘܣ ܦܰܘܠܽܘܣ ܬܪܶܝܳܢܳܐ; Mal: മോർ ബസേലിയോസ് പൗലോസ് ദ്വിതീയൻ; born Puthusseril Joseph Paulose 12 June 1914 – 1 September 1996) was a Syriac Orthodox prelate who served as the Catholicos of the East(Maphrian) and head of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church. He also served as the Metropolitan of the Kandanad Diocese.
Early life
Paulose was born on 12 June 1914 to the Vicar of Cherai St Mary's church, Kasheesho Puthusseril Joseph and Eralil Elizabeth of Vadakkan Paravoor. He was named P. J. Paulose and completed his secondary education at Cherai Ramavarma High School. After completing college education at Kottayam CMS College and Alwaye Union Christian College, Paulose joined the Manjinikkara Dayaro. Paulose continued his Syriac education under Rabban Abdul Ahad (later Patriarch Yaqub III).
Holy Orders
Priesthood
In 1934, Yulius Elias, the delegate of the Patriarch to Malankara, ordained Paulose as deacon. In 1938, Yulius ordained him priest at Manjinikkara Dayaro (Monastery). Later Paulose became secretary to Yulius and malphono at Manjinikkara Dayaro.
Metropolitan
On 25 April 1952, the Kandanad diocesan delegates meeting selected 'Kasheesho' Paulose to succeed Athanasius Paulose who had therelinquished his additional duties as the metropolitan of Kandanad due to illness. Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum ordained Paulose P. J. with the name Mor Philoxenus on 19 October 1952 at Homs, Syria.
Catholicos
On 7 September 1975, Ignatius Jacob III consecrated Philoxenus as Catholicos of India. On 14 September 1980, he consecrated Ignatios Zakka I Iwas, Archbishop of Baghdad, as the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch; this was the first time in the long history of the Patriarchate of Antioch that a bishop from Malankara officiated at the consecration of a Patriarch. He also ordained six bishops for the Patriarchal faction of the Syriac Orthodox Church, ( Jacobite Syrian Christian Church). Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Death and entombment
Went to heavenly abode on 1 September 1996. The remains of Catholicos Basileus Paulose II are interred in a tomb in St. George's Monastery, Malekurish near Puthenkurishu in Ernakulam District, Kerala.
See also
- List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch
- List of Maphrians
- Syriac Christianity
- Saint Thomas Christians
External links
- Biography from Margonitho: Syriac Orthodox Resources
- Syrian Church website: Life and legacy of Late Lamented Catholicos Mor Baselios Paulose II - www.Catholicate.in
- Mar Gregorious Jacobite Syrian Church North Marady