Thoma VIII

Mar Thoma VIII

Malankara Metropolitan
Malankara Syrian Church
Installed2 July 1809
Term ended26 January 1816
PredecessorMar Thoma VII
SuccessorMar Thoma IX
Personal details
Born
Thoma
Died26 January 1816
Niranam
BuriedSt. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Puthencavu

Mar Thoma VIII was the 8th Metropolitan of the Malankara Church in Kerala, India from 1809 to 1816. He was a man of vision. It was during his time Malankara church opened the first formal educational institution, in Kerala. With the opening of Kottayam Suryani Seminary, modern education dawned in Kerala.

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