Malankara Metropolitan

The Malankara Metropolitan, also known historically as the Metropolitan of Malabar, is an ecclesiastical title traditionally associated with the head of the Malankara Syrian Church office. It was developed from the East Syriac metropolitans of India in the sixteenth century who were styled as Metropolitans of Malabar. Following the divisions among the Saint Thomas Christians, after the Synod of Diamper in 1599, the title became primarily associated with the West Syriac tradition, commonly known as the Malankara Church. Within this community, the office evolved as a continuation of the indigenous Archdeaconate that had long governed the local church.

The present Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, succeeding Baselios Marthoma Paulose II in 2021. The Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church is Baselios Joseph, succeeding Baselios Thomas I in 2025.

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