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Joseph Mar Thoma XXI Mar Thoma Metropolitan | |
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of the Apostolic See of St.Thomas | |
Church | Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church |
Installed | 2 October 2007 |
Predecessor | Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma |
Successor | Theodosius Mar Thoma |
Orders | |
Ordination | 18 October 1957 |
Consecration | 8 February 1975 |
Rank | Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Ecclesiastical Title of the Head of the Ancient Indian Church) |
Personal details | |
Born | P. T. Joseph 27 June 1931 |
Died | 18 October 2020 Thiruvalla, Kerala | (aged 89)
Buried | Syrian Christian Seminary, Thiruvalla |
Nationality | Indian |
Joseph Mar Thoma XXI (27 June 1931 - 18 October 2020) was the 21st Mar Thoma Metropolitan and the church’s primate.[1]