Baselios Cleemis

Baselios Cleemis
His Beatitude
Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis
Major Archbishop Catholicos of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Church Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
See Trivandrum, India
In Office 2007–present
Predecessor Cyril Mar Baselios
Successor Incumbent
Orders
Ordination June 11, 1986
Personal details
Born June 15, 1959 (1959-06-15) (age 52)
Mukkoor,Tituvalla Kerala
Previous post Apostolic Visitor to North America and Europe (2001–2003), Metropolitan Bishop of Tiruvalla (2003–2006), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla (2006–2007)

Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis (born Isaac Thottunkal on June 15, 1959) is the Major Archbishop Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.

Mor Cleemis was born at Mukkoor, Tiruvalla, Kerala, India.

Education

He attended the Minor Seminary Formation in Tiruvalla from 1976 to 1979. He received a B.Phil. degree from St. Joseph's Pontifical Institute, Mangalapuzha, Aluva where he attended from 1979 to 1982. He received a B.Th. degree from the Papal Seminary, Pune where he attended from 1983 to 1986. Thottunkal was ordained a priest on June 11, 1986. He studied for the Master of Theology in Dharmaram College, Bangalore where he attended from 1986 to 1989. Thottunkal took his Doctorate in Ecumenical Theology from Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome in 1997.

Career

On his return from Rome he became the Vicar General (Proto Syncellus) of the Eparchy of Bathery. Pope John Paul II nominated Thottunkal as Apostolic Visitor and the Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum on 18 June 2001 for the Syro-Malankarites residing in North America and Europe. He was consecrated on 15 August 2001 at Tirumoolapuram, Tiruvalla, assuming the name Isaac Mar Cleemis.

The Holy See appointed Cleemis as sixth Bishop of the Eparchy of Tiruvalla on September 11, 2003. Cleemis was installed as the first Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archieparchy of Tiruvalla on June 10, 2006.

Mor Cleemis was elected the Second Major Archbishop Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church through the first Holy Episcopal Synod of election of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church convoked on 7–10 February 2007 at Catholicate Centre, Pattom, Trivandrum. Pope Benedict XVI approved the election on 9 February and it was announced on 10 February at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum. Baselios Cleemis was enthroned the Second Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church on 5 March 2007 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Pattom. Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil participated in the installation ceremony.

Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis visited the Pope Benedict XVI on 28 May 2007 at Vatican and received ecclesiastical Communion. The Congregation for the Oriental Churches in Rome gave a reception for him on his first visit to the Holy See.

External links

Preceded by
Cyril Mar Baselios
Major Archbishop of Trivandrum
2007–present
Incumbent

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Baselios Cleemis — (né Isaac Thottunkal le 15 juin 1959 à Tirumoola au Kerala en Inde) est l actuel primat de l Église catholique syro malankare (depuis le 10 février 2007, date de confirmation). Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Voir aussi 2.1 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Isaac Mar Cleemis Thottunkal — Baselios Cleemis Baselios Cleemis (né Isaac Thottunkal le 15 juin 1959 à Tirumoola au Kerala en Inde) est l actuel primat de l Église catholique syro malankare (depuis le 10 février 2007, date de confirmation). Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Voir aussi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 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 …   Wikipedia

  • Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology — Motto Duc In Altum Motto in English Leading to the heights of excellence Established July 2002 Religious affiliation Syro Malankara Catholic Church Principal …   Wikipedia

  • Cyril Mar Baselios Malacharuvil — Cyril Mar Baselios Malancharuvil Cyril Mar Baselios Malancharuvil (né le 16 août 1935 mort le 18 janvier 2007) fut primat de l Église catholique syro malankare entre 1995 et 2007. Voir aussi Liens internes Église catholique syro malankare Liste… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cyril Mar Baselios Malancharuvil — (né le 16 août 1935 mort le 18 janvier 2007) fut primat de l Église catholique syro malankare entre 1995 et 2007. Voir aussi Liens internes Église catholique syro malankare Liste des primats de l Église catholique syro malankare Liens externes …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Mar Baselios Institute of Technology, Anchal — Mar Baselios Institute of Technology (MBIT) was established by the Syro Malankara Catholic Educational Society of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum.[1] His Beatitude Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis is its patron. The institute is situated at the… …   Wikipedia

  • Isaac Mar Cleemis Thottunkal — (* 15. Juni 1959 in Mukkoor, Kerala) ist der gegenwärtige Großerzbischof von Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) und Oberhaupt der mit Rom unierten Syro malankarischen Kirche. Im Jahr 1986 wurde er zum Priester geweiht. Zwischen 1991 und 1996… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Isaac Cleemis Thottunkal — Isaac Mar Cleemis Thottunkal (* 15. Juni 1959 in Mukkoor, Kerala) ist der gegenwärtige Großerzbischof von Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) und Oberhaupt der mit Rom unierten Syro malankarischen Kirche. Im Jahr 1986 wurde er zum Priester geweiht.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Syro-Malankara Catholic Church — Malankara Syrian Catholic Church Founder St. Thomas the Apostle (AD 52) Archbishop Mar Ivanios (1930) Current Head: Baselios Cleemis Regions with significant populations   …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”