Modern Era
In time, the number of Syriac Orthodox Christians in Mesopotamia decreased, and the maphrianate lost its original significance. It became largely a titular designation for the Syriac Orthodox Church's second highest office until being abolished altogether in a synod of 1860. In the 20th century the title was resurrected in the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, the part of India's Malankara Church that remained under the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch after an internal split; it is given to the church's local leader, the Catholicos of India. The current Maphrian is Baselios Thomas I.
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