Abraham Metropolitan and Gate of All India | |
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| Rabba d Kolhon Apeskope u Metropolite (Superior of all the Bishops and Metropolitans)[1] | |
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| Church | Church of the East (till 1565), Chaldean Catholic Church (since 1565) |
| Diocese | India |
| See | Angamaly |
| Installed | 31 January 1565 |
| Term ended | 1597 |
| Predecessor | Jacob Abuna (Church of the East) Mar Joseph Sulaqa (Chaldean Catholic) |
| Successor | Shemon (Church of the East) Francisco Ros (as bishop of Angamaly of the Latin Church) |
| Opposed to | Portuguese Padroado and Metropolitan Shemon of the Church of the East |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | by Shemon VII Barmama (in Church of the East), Abdisho IV Maron, Giovanni Trevisan (in 1565) |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1597 Angamaly |
| Buried | Mar Hormiz Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Angamaly[2][3] |
Mar Abraham (Syriac: ܐܒܪܗܡ ܡܛܪܢ, died 1597), also known as Abraham of Angamaly or Abraham of Gazira, was the last East Syrian bishop of the See of Angamaly, who entered into communion with Rome in 1565 and who was the last link in Angamaly from the long line of the bishops from the East Syriac[4][5][6] bishops sent from the Church of the East to the Saint Thomas Christians. He first came to India in 1556 from the traditionalist (often referred as "Nestorian") patriarchate. Deposed from his position in 1558, he was taken to Lisbon by the Portuguese, escaped at Mozambique and left for his mother church in Mesopotamia, entered into communion with the Chaldean patriarchate and Rome in 1565, received his episcopal ordination from the Latin patriarch of Venice as arranged by Pope Pius IV (1559–65) in Rome. Subsequently, Abraham was appointed by Pope as Archbishop of Angamaly.[7]
- ^ Kollamparampil, Jacob. "Mar Abdisho's letter to the Arch Bishop of Goa on 24/08/1567 (ARSI Gallia 95-1, f 197. Documenta Indica vol II p. 41)". In B Puthur (ed.). Sources on the Hierarchical structure of the Saint Thomas Christian church in the pre diamper period. The life and nature of Saint Thomas Christian church in the pre diamper period (2000 ed.). LRC Kochi. p. 171.
- ^ "Tomb of State's last Persian Chaldean bishop discovered". The Hindu. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Discovery of Ancient Tomb Redefines History of Angamaly". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
- ^ Joost Jongerden, Jelle Verheij, Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915 (BRILL 2012), p. 21
- ^ Gertrude Lowthian Bell, Amurath to Amurath (Heinemann 1911), p. 281
- ^ Gabriel Oussani, "The Modern Chaldeans and Nestorians, and the Study of Syriac among them" in Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 22 (1901), p. 81; cf. Albrecht Classen (editor), East Meets West in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times (Walter de Gruyter 2013), p. 704
- ^ Herbermann, Charles George (2005). Encyclopaedia of sects & religious doctrines, Volume 4. Cosmo Publications. p. 1181. ISBN 9788177559385.
....and Abraham succeeded also in obtaining his nomination and creation as Archbishop Angamale from the pope, with letters to the Archbishop of Goa, and to the Bishop Cochin dated 27 Feb 1565.