Mor Severios Kuriakose (Born Kuriakose Abraham Edavazhickel) (born 21 May 1959) is a

Knanaya The K'nānāya , (from Syriac: ''K'nā'nāya'' (Canaanite)) also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India. They are differentiated from another part ...

Syriac Orthodox The Syriac Orthodox Church (), also informally known as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox denomination that originates from the Church of Antioch. The church currently has around 4-5 million followers. The church upholds the Mia ...

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, currently Archbishop of the Knanaya Jacobite Archdiocese.

Education

Mor Severios Kuriakose has Post graduation in

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from

CMS College Kottayam The CMS College (Church Missionary Society College), established in 1817, is one of the earliest Western-style colleges in India. The college is considered to be the oldest institution of higher education in India along with the Presidency Colle ...

and Post graduation in English from St. Berchmans College. He joined

Maynooth University Maynooth University (MU) (), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth University was formerly known as National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ). It was Ireland ...

in Ireland for degree in theological studies. Later he obtained Post graduation in

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

from Pourasthya Vidya Peeth Vadavathoor.

Ordination

Following the demise of the former head of the

Malankara Syriac Knanaya Archdiocese Malankara Syriac Knanaya Community are part of the larger Knanaya community who are descendants of an endogamous ethnic migrant group of Syriac-Jewish Christians who arrived and settled in Kerala in the 4th or 8th century. In the year 345 accord ...

Clemis Abraham, Fr. Kuriakose Abraham (Roy Achan) was elected and approved by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas to be the next head of the Archdiocese.

References

Alumni of Maynooth University Jacobite Syrian Christian Church bishops 1959 births Living people Christian clergy from Kottayam 21st-century Indian bishops 21st-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops 20th-century Indian Christian clergy 20th-century Oriental Orthodox clergy {{India-reli-bio-stub