Kuriakose Mar Severios bishop of the Knanaya Syrian Archdiocese | |
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Church | Syrian Orthodox Church in India |
Archdiocese | Knanaya Archdiocese |
See | Holy Apostolic See of Antioch & All East |
Orders | |
Ordination | 4 February 1990 (Kasheesho/Priest) by Mor Clemis Abraham |
Consecration | 15 January 2004 by Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I |
Rank | impending |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Parents | Mr. Kunjavarachan and Mrs. Mariamma Edavazhikkal |
Education | P.G History from CMS College Kottayam, P.G English from St. Berchmans College ContentsP.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) was a Knanaya Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan , currently defrocked Archbishop of the Knanaya Jacobite Archdiocese. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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.
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.