Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific Prefix: | Mor |
Elias Yulios Qoro | |
Third Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara | |
Church: | Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch |
Alma Mater: | Dayro d-Kurkmo (Mor Hananyo Monastery), Beth Gazo D-ne`motho |
See: | Syriac Orthodox Church |
Birth Date: | August 1, 1881 |
Death Date: | February 19, 1962 |
Death Place: | Omallur, Kerala |
Buried: | Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara |
Predecessor: | Athanasius Stephanos |
Successor: | Coorilos Yuyakkim |
Ordination: | 23 September 1923 |
Consecrated By: | Ignatius Elias III |
Term: | 39 Years |
Birth Place: | Mardin, Turkey |
Mor Yulios Elias Qoro (Elias Mar Julius) (1881–1962) was a Syriac Orthodox Church Bishop and the Patriarchal Delegate of India, Born as Elias Malke Qoro[1] [2] at Mardin on August 1, 1881,educated at school of the Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.[3] [4] He joined Dayro d-Kurkmo (Mor Hananyo Monastery) in 1902, and became a monk on 16 June 1905. He was appointed secretary to Ignatius Abded Aloho II Patriarch of Antioch in 1906, and was ordained Qashisho in 1908. He became abbot of Mor Hananyo Monastery in 1911, and was appointed director of its printing press. He was consecrated bishop on 23 September 1923 in the Church of the Forty Martyrs[5] by Ignatius Elias III Patriarch of Antioch, appointed to serve in Malankara. He served as Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara in 1927. In 1932, he established Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara[6] on the tomb of Elias III Patriarch of Antioch[7] [8] at Omallur, Kerala. He established and approved order for various monasteries and churches in Kerala. He died in 1962 at Omallur, Kerala, India and was buried at Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara.[9] [10]