| Cyril Baselios | |
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| Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum Major Archbishop Catholicos of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
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| 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 Pandalam, Kerala |
| Died | January 18, 2007 (aged 71) Trivandrum, Kerala |
| Previous post | Metropolitan Bishop of Bathery (1978–1995) |
Major Archbishop Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholcios Bava (Malayalam: മോറന് മോര് സിറില് അസെലിഒസ് അതൊല്കിഒസ് ബാവ) 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]
| Preceded by Benedict Mar Gregorios |
Major Archbishop of Trivandrum 1995–2007 |
Succeeded by Baselios Cleemis |