Cardinals
Total : 3
Baselios Cardinal Cleemis
Baselios Cardinal Cleemis
Major Archbishop-Catholicos & Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
Personal Details
Born: 15-Jun-1959
Priestly Ordination:11-Jun-1986
Episcopal Ordination: 15-Aug-2001
Tel(P): 91-471-2541331, +91-9400050094
Email(P): baselioscleemis@gmail.com
Contact Details
Major Archbishop’s House, Pattom, Trivandrum - 695 004 (Kerala)
Tel(O): 0471-25 41 643, 25 41 642
Fax : 0471-2541635
Email: catholicostvm@gmail.com
Cardinal George Alencherry
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, SJ

Past Cardinal
NameDiocesesElevated as Cardinal
Cardinal Mar George Alencherry-2010
Mar Varkey Cardinal VithayathilErnakulam-Angamaly2001
Ivan Cardinal DiasBombay 2001
Antony PadiyaraErnakulam-Angamaly1988
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, SJCalcutta 1976
Mar Joseph Cardinal ParecattilErnakulam-Angamaly1969
José Cardinal da Costa NuñesGoa & Daman  1962
Valerian Cardinal GraciasBombay 1953
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