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Ivanios Mathews

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Ivanios Mathews

Metropolitan of Kandanad Diocese
ChurchJacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
DioceseMetropolitan of Kandanad Diocese
SeeHoly Apostolic See of Antioch & All East
Orders
Ordination2 November 1976 (Kassisso)
by Mor Julius Kuriakose
Consecration14 January 2001
by Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I
RankMetropolitan
Personal details
Born(1954-04-29)April 29, 1954
NationalityIndian
EducationM.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

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

Ordination

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Jacobite Syrian Cristian Church".
  2. ^ "Kandanad Jacobite Syrian Church". www.syriacchristianity.info.
  3. ^ "Papal Seminary, Pune". www.papalseminary.in.