End of An Era
Metropolitan passed away on July 16, 1877, after being bitten by a rat on July 16, 1877, and was laid to rest at Maramon Palli (church).
Soon after the demise of Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan the Malankara Church was involved in a case for the properties of the Church in Kerala, and the court decided on July 12, 1889, that it belonged to the Patriarch in Antioch.
Preceded by Cheppad Philipose Mar Dionysius (Mar Thoma XII) |
Metropolitan of the Malankara Church 1842–1877 |
Succeeded by Thomas Mar Athanasius (Mar Thoma XIV) |
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