Militos Yuhanon should not be confused with Yuhanon Mar Meletius.
Honorific Prefix: | His Grace Mor |
Militos Yuhanon | |
Honorific Suffix: | Metropolitan of Thumpamon and Patriarchal Vicar of Australia, New Zealand & Singapore |
Church: | Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church |
Diocese: | Thumpamon and Patriarchal Vicar of Australia, New Zealand & Singapore |
See: | Holy Apostolic See of Antioch & All East |
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Ordination: | 5 December 1982 (Kassisso) |
Ordained By: | Mor Baselios Paulose II |
Consecration: | 8 December 2002 |
Consecrated By: | Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I |
Rank: | Metropolitan |
Birth Date: | 1957 4, df=yes |
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Nationality: | Indian |
Residence: | Elavinamannil family |
Parents: | Rev. E.O.Thomas Cor-Episcopus and Thankamma |
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Mor Militos Yuhanon is a Syriac Orthodox bishop in Malankara.[1] He is the Metropolitan of Thumpamon and Patriarchal Vicar of Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
Yuhanon was born on 25 April 1957 to Rev.E.O.Thomas Cor-Episcopus and Thankamma in Elavinamannil family, Omallur, Pathanamthitta.St.Stephen's Syriac Orthodox Church, Manjinikkara was his parish.[2]
Yuhanon took his U. G. and P. G. from Kerala University, in History. His basic theological education is from Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara. Later he joined Serampore University as an external student and obtained Bachelor of Christian Studies (BCS) degree.[3]
On 14 September 1976, at the age of 19, Yuhanon was ordained deacon by Catholicose Mor Baselios Paulose II.
He was ordained Dn. E. T. John, Elavinamannil as Kassiso on 5 December 1982.
In 2000, Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Prince Patriarch of Antioch and All the East appointed Fr. E. T. John, Elavinamannil as Reesh Dayaro and Managing Trustee of Piramadom Dayaro. Malankara Episcopal Synod selected Fr. E. T. John as the new metropolitan for Kollam and Thumpamon Dioceses. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ordained him as Ramban and on 8 December 2002, as metropolitan by the name Mor Militos at Patriarchal Cathedral, Damascus.