Severios Kuriakose Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence Mor
Kuriakose Mar Severios
Honorific Suffix:Archbishop of the Knanaya Syrian Archdiocese
Church:Syrian Orthodox Church in India
Archdiocese:Knanaya Archdiocese
See:Holy Apostolic See of Antioch & All East
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Ordination:4 February 1990 (Kassisso)
Ordained By:Mor Clemis Abraham
Consecration:15 January 2004
Consecrated By:Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I
Rank:Archbishop
Birth Date:21 May 1959
Birth Place:Kottayam
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Nationality:Indian
Parents:Mr. Kunjavarachan and Mrs. Mariamma Edavazhikkal
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Education:P.G History from CMS College Kottayam,
P.G English from St. Berchmans College
Degree in theology from Maynooth University
P.G Degree in theology from Pourasthya Vidya Peeth Vadavathoor
Alma Mater:Maynooth University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala

Mor Severios Kuriakose (Born Kuriakose Abraham Edavazhickel) (born 21 May 1959) is a Knanaya Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan Archbishop, currently Archbishop of the Knanaya Jacobite Archdiocese.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Education

Mor Severios Kuriakose has Post graduation in History from CMS College Kottayam[5] and Post graduation in English from St. Berchmans College.[6] He joined Maynooth University in Ireland[5] for degree in theological studies. Later he obtained Post graduation in theology from Pourasthya Vidya Peeth Vadavathoor.

Ordination

Following the demise of the former head of the Malankara Syriac Knanaya Archdiocese Clemis Abraham, Fr. Kuriakose Abraham (Roy Achan) was elected and approved by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas to be the next head of the Archdiocese.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metropolitans of Malankara. Syriacchristianity.info.
  2. Web site: Jacobite Syrian Christian Church. Jacobitesyrianchurch.org. 7 January 2019.
  3. News: Archdiocese for Knanaya community. The Hindu. 14 January 2007. en-IN.
  4. Web site: Mor Gregorios Syrian Knanaya Church Abudhabi. Knanayachurchabudhabi.com. 20 March 2018. 13 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813062341/http://knanayachurchabudhabi.com/metropolitans.php. dead.
  5. Web site: Maynooth University. Maynoothuniversity.ie. en.
  6. Web site: Home - SB College. SB College.