Baselios Paulose II

His Beatitude Aboon Mor

Baselios Paulose II
His Beatitude Aboon Mor; Baselios Paulose II
Catholicos of the East, Maphrian
	Portrait of H.B Mor Baselios Paulose II at Wayanad
Church	Syriac Orthodox Church
See	Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
In office	1975–1996
Predecessor	Baselios Augen I
Successor	Baselios Thomas I
Orders
Ordination	1938; by Yulios Elias Qoro
Consecration	Ignatius Yaqub III; by September 7, 1975
Rank	Catholicos / Maphrian
Personal details
Born	12 June 1914; Cherai, India
Died	1 September 1996 (aged 82); India
Buried	St. George's Monastery, Malekurish

Mor Baselios Paulose II (born as Puthusseril Joseph Paulose (12 June 1914 – 1 September 1996) was the second Maphrian of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, which is part of Syriac Orthodox Church.

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). ^{[citation needed]}

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.

External links

'Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church Titles
Preceded by Baselios Augen I 1964-1975	Maphrian of the Syriac Orthodox Church Catholicos of India 1975-1996	Succeeded by Baselios Thomas I
Preceded by Baselios Augen I 1964-1975	Metropolitan Trustee of Jacobite Syrian Christian Church 1975-1996	Succeeded by Geevarghese Gregorios

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