Baselios Paulose II

Aboon Mor Baselios Paulose II
Catholicos of India
Catholicos of India Baselios Paulose II
Church	Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
Archdiocese	Malankara Syriac Orthodox Catholicate
See	Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
In office	1975–1996
Predecessor	Aboon Mor Baselios Augen I
Successor	Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I
Orders
Ordination	by Ignatius Yaqub III
Consecration	Ignatius Yaqub III
Personal details
Born	12 June 1914 Kandanad, India
Died	1 September 1996 India
Buried	Malekurish dayara

Catholicos Baselios Paulose II (born as Puthusseril Joseph Paulose in Kandanad, India 12 June 1914 – died 1 September 1996) was the second Catholicos/Maphrian of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church (Syriac Orthodox Church of India).

Early life

Paulose was born on 12 June 1914 to the Vicar of Cherai St. Mary's church, Kasheesho Puthusseril Joseph and Elizabeth. 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, Mor 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 late Paulose Mor Athanasios who had relinquished his additional duties as the metropolitan of Kandanad due to illness. Patriarch Aphrem I ordained Kasheesho P. J. Paulose with the name Mor Philoxenus on 19 October 1952 at Homs, Syria.

Catholicos

On 7 September 1975, Patriarch Yakub III consecrated Mor Philoxenus as Catholicos of the East. On 14 September 1980, he made history consecrating Mor 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 Catholicos from Malankara officiated at the consecration of a Patriarch. He also ordained six bishops for the Malankara church.

H.B. Baselious Paulose II, Very Rev Malphono Naseeho Athungal Coreppiscoppa with K. O. Varghese Kaniyampadikkal

Death and entombment

The remains of Catholicos Basileus Paulose II are interred in a tomb in Malekurishu Dayro near Puthenkurishu in Ernakulam District, Kerala.

It is believed that, during his transit to hospital from pampakuda just before death, he stopped his car in front of Mar Gregorious Jacobite Syrian Church, North Marady and drank water from there.

External links

List of Catholicoi and Metropolitans of Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

Patriarch of Antioch	Moran Mor Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Karim

Catholicos of India	Catholicos Baselios Augen I (1975) Aboun Mor Catholicos Baselios Paulose II (1975-1996) Aboun Mor Catholicos Baselios Thomas I (2002—present)

Metropolitans	Abraham Mor Severious Yuhanon Mor Philoxenos Thomas Mor Timotheos Joseph Mor Gregorios Kuriakose Mor Severios Edavazhikal Kuriakose Mor Gregorios Yeldho Mor Theethose Geevarghese Mor Coorilose Mathews Mor Ivanios Mathews Mor Aphrem Kuriakose Mor Julios Zacharias Mor Philoxenos Geevarghese Mor Dionasios Yuhanon Mor Militos Mathews Mor Thevodosios Kuriakose Mor Theophilos Yaqu'b Mor Anthonios Kuriakose Mor Eusabios Pathros Mor Osthathios Geevarghese Mor Polycarpus Markose Mor Chrisostamos Geevarghese Mor Athanasios Kuriakose Mor Diaskoros Elias Mor Athanasios

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