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Mar Thoma VII Mar Thoma Metropolitan | |
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| Malankara Syrian Church | |
| Installed | 1808 |
| Term ended | 4 July 1809 |
| Predecessor | Mar Thoma VI |
| Successor | Mar Thoma VIII |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1796 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mathen |
| Died | 4 July 1809 Kandanad |
| Buried | Kolenchery Church (St. Peter's & St. Paul's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Syrian Church, Kolenchery) |
| Nationality | Indian |
Mar Thoma VII was a Bishop of the Malankara Church from 1796 and the 7th Malankara Metropolitan from April 1808 to July 1809. Born in Pakalomattom family in Kurichithanam, Pala, he was well known as an efficient administrator, deeply religious but was a quiet and reserved person. During his time, a difficult period in the history of Travancore State, the church was able to help Travancore government by depositing an amount as fixed deposit, which came to be known as Vattipanam.