Abraham of Angamaly
Mar Abraham (Syriac: ܐܒܪܗܡ ܡܛܪܢ, died 1597), also known as Abraham of Angamaly or Abraham of Gazira, was the last East Syrian bishop of the See of Angamaly, who entered into communion with Rome in 1565 and who was the last link in Angamaly from the long line of the bishops from the East Syriac bishops sent from the Church of the East to the Saint Thomas Christians. He first came to India in 1556 from the traditionalist (often referred as "Nestorian") patriarchate. Deposed from his position in 1558, he was taken to Lisbon by the Portuguese, escaped at Mozambique and left for his mother church in Mesopotamia, entered into communion with the Chaldean patriarchate and Rome in 1565, received his episcopal ordination from the Latin patriarch of Venice as arranged by Pope Pius IV (1559–65) in Rome. Subsequently, Abraham was appointed by Pope as Archbishop of Angamaly.
Mar Abraham Metropolitan and Gate of All India | |
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| Rabba d Kolhon Apeskope u Metropolite (Superior of all the Bishops and Metropolitans) | |
| Church | Church of the East (till 1565), Chaldean Catholic Church (since 1565) |
| Diocese | India |
| See | Angamaly |
| Installed | 31 January 1565 |
| Term ended | 1597 |
| Predecessor | Jacob Abuna (Church of the East) Mar Joseph Sulaqa (Chaldean Catholic) |
| Successor | Shemon (Church of the East) Francisco Ros (as bishop of Angamaly of the Latin Church) |
| Opposed to | Portuguese Padroado and Metropolitan Shemon of the Church of the East |
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| Consecration | by Shemon VII Barmama (in Church of the East), Abdisho IV Maron, Giovanni Trevisan (in 1565) |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1597 Angamaly |
| Buried | Mar Hormiz Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Angamaly |