Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan

Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III
Location
Country	India
Information
First holder	Thoma I as Malankara Metropolitan, Baselios Paulose I as Catholicos of the East, Baselios Geevarghese II as (Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan)
Denomination	Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Rite	West Syriac Rite
Established	1653 (by Thoma I - Malankara Metropolitan) 1912 (by Patriarch Ignatius Abded Mshiho II - Catholicate of the East)
Cathedral	Mar Eliyah Cathedral, Kottayam

The leader of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church uses the title Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan. The incumbent 'Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan' is Baselios Marthoma Mathews III.^[1]