Baselios Cleemis

His Eminence Baselios Cleemis
Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum

Native name	ബസേലിയോസ് കർദ്ദിനാൾ ക്ലീമിസ്
Church	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Trivandrum
See	Trivandrum, India
Appointed	10 February 2007
Installed	5 March 2007
Predecessor	Cyril Baselios
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of the Church of Saint Gregory VII President of the CBCI President of the KCBC Member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Member of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue
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
Personal details
Birth name	Isaac Thottumkal
Born	(1959-06-15) 15 June 1959 (age 57) Mukkoor, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
Parents	Mathew and Annamma Thottumkal
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (2001–2003) Titular Bishop of Chaialum (2001–2003) Bishop of Tiruvalla (2003–2006) Archbishop of Tiruvalla (2006–2007)
Alma mater	Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Motto	To Unite in Love
Coat of arms	${{{coat_of_arms_alt}}}$

Styles of Baselios Cardinal Cleemis

Reference style	His Beatitude
Spoken style	Your Beatitute
Informal style	Cardinal

Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (Malayalam: ബസേലിയോസ് കർദ്ദിനാൾ ക്ലിമ്മീസ്) or when referring exclusively to his being a cardinal, Baselios Cleemis Cardinal Thottunkal is the current Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was elected to the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI at the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican on 24 November 2012.

At the moment of his selection, he was the youngest member of the College of Cardinals. He is the first cardinal of 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. On 12 December 2013, he was elected as the President of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council. On 11 February 2014, he was elected as the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.

Baselios Cleemis was born on 15 June 1959 as Isaac Thottumkal (alternatively spelled as Thottunkal) in Mukkoor, a small village close to Mallappally Town in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala in South India. His parents are Mathew and Annamma Thottumkal. The Thottumkal family is a part of the Pakalomattom family, which is an ancient Syrian Christian family in Kerala.

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