Ivanios Mathews Explained

Honorific Prefix:His Grace Mor
Ivanios Mathews
Honorific Suffix:Metropolitan of Kandanad Diocese
Church:Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Diocese:Metropolitan of Kandanad Diocese
See:Holy Apostolic See of Antioch & All East
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Ordination:2 November 1976 (Kassisso)
Ordained By:Mor Julius Kuriakose
Consecration:14 January 2001
Consecrated By:Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I
Rank:Metropolitan
Birth Date:29 April 1954
Birth Place:Ernakulam
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Nationality:Indian
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Education:M.A,B.Th. from Papal Seminary, Pune

Mor Ivanios Mathews (born 29 April 1954) is a Syriac Orthodox bishop, currently the Metropolitan of Kandanad Diocese.[1] [2]

Education

Mor Ivanios Mathews has obtained Master of Arts degree and has a Bachelor of Theology degree from Papal Seminary, Pune.[3]

Ordination

In 1972 Baselios Paulose II Catholicos ordained him as Deacon and in 1976 as Kassisso. Later in 2001 Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I consecrated him as metropolitan at Damascus, Syria.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jacobite Syrian Cristian Church.
  2. Web site: Kandanad Jacobite Syrian Church. www.syriacchristianity.info.
  3. Web site: Papal Seminary, Pune. www.papalseminary.in.