Baselios Cleemis

Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis
Cardinal, Major Archbishop-Catholicos[1]
Church	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Trivandrum
See	Trivandrum
Elected	8 February 2007
Installed	5 March 2007
Predecessor	Cyril Baselios
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of San Gregorio VII Member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (2001–2003) Titular Bishop of Chayal (2001–2003) Bishop of Tiruvalla (2003–2006) Archbishop of Tiruvalla (2006–2007)
Orders
Ordination	11 June 1986 by Cyril Baselios
Consecration	15 August 2001 by Cyril Baselios
Created cardinal	24 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank	Cardinal priest, Catholicos, Major Archbishop
Personal details
Born	Isaac Thottumkal (1959-06-15) 15 June 1959 (age 66) Mukkoor, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
Parents	Mathew Thottumkal Annamma Thottumkal
Alma mater	SB College Changanasserry, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Pontifical Athenaeum, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Motto	To unite in love
Coat of arms

Styles of Baselios Cardinal Cleemis
Reference style	His Beatitude
Spoken style	Your Beatitude
Informal style	Cardinal

Baselios Cleemis (born 15 June 1959) is the current Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.^[2][3]

At the time of his elevation, he was the youngest member of the College of Cardinals and the first cardinal from the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. On 31 January 2013, he was named a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He served as President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India from 2014 to 2018, and is currently the president of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council.^[4]