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Archbishop Geevarghese Mar Ivanios,
OIC, (21 September, 1882 – 15 July, 1953), born Geevarghese
Pannickaruveettil, was a bishop of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox
Church and the founder of the Bethany Ashram order of monks. He and
most of his order united with the Roman Catholic Church in 1930,
establishing the Eastern Rite sui iuris Syro-Malankara
Catholic Church in India. In 1932, Mar Ivanios was named the
Archbishop of Trivandrum and received the pallium from Pope Pius XI,
becoming the first metropolitan of the Syro-Malankara Catholic
Church. The cause for
Canonization of Mar Ivanios is currently underway.
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