Baselios Paulose I
His Holiness Baselios Paulose I | |
|---|---|
| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church | |
| See | Catholicos of the East (Indian Orthodox Church) |
| Installed | 1909 |
| Term ended | 1913 |
| Predecessor | Post created |
| Successor | Baselios Geevarghese I |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1852 |
| Consecration | 1876 by Patriarch Ignatios Petros III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paulose 17 January 1836 |
| Died | 2 May 1913 (aged 77) Pampakuda |
| Buried | St.Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church, Pampakuda |
Baselios Paulose I or Murimattathil Bava (17 January 1836 in Kolenchery, India – 2 May 1913) was the first Catholicos of the East after its reinstatement in India. The First Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church was in power only for seven months and eighteen days (15 September 1912 till his death on 3 May 1913). He was 76 years old when he became the Catholiocs and died the following year.