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Abimalek Timotheus

Mar Abimalek Timotheus was an Nestorian priest of the Church of the East who served as Metropolitan of Malabar and All India from 1907 until his death in 1945. Born in the village of Mar Bisho in the Ottoman Empire, he was sent to India by Catholicos-Patriarch Shimun XIX after Shimun received a petition to appoint a bishop from the Chaldean Syrian Church in Trichur.

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Saint Mar Abimalek Timotheus
Metropolitan of Malabar and All India
Born28 August 1878
Mar Bisho, Ottoman Empire
Died30 April 1945
Trichur, Cochin, British Raj
Venerated inNestorian Church of the East
Canonized29 September 2019, Thrissur by Catholicos-Patriarch Gewargis III
Feast1 May1
Ordination history of
Mar Abimalek Timotheus2
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained byMar Shimun XIX
Date7 July 1903
Priestly ordination
Ordained byMar Shimun XIX
Date21 September 1903
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorMar Shimun XIX
Co-consecratorsMar Yalda Yahballaha
Date15 December 1907
PlacePatriarchal Cathedral of Mar Shalita, Qochanis, Ottoman Empire

Mar Abimalek Timotheus (28 August 1878 – 30 April 1945) was an Nestorian priest of the Church of the East who served as Metropolitan of Malabar and All India from 1907 until his death in 1945.3 Born in the village of Mar Bisho in the Ottoman Empire, he was sent to India by Catholicos-Patriarch Shimun XIX after Shimun received a petition to appoint a bishop from the Chaldean Syrian Church in Trichur (now Thrissur).3

The Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East announced that Timotheus would be canonised in May 2018 following the adoption of a new procedure for canonisation,14 and his sainthood was formally proclaimed by Catholicos-Patriarch Gewargis III on 29 September 2019.5

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  1. Assyrian Church of the East (2018). "The Third Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East Convened under His Holiness Mar Gewargis III, Catholicos-Patriarch" (PDF). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. Mooken, Aprem (1975). Mar Abimalek Timotheus: A Biography. Trichur: Mar Narsai Press. pp. 6, 13.
  3. Coakley, James F. (2018). "Timotheus, Abimalek". Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Beth Mardutho. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. "Sainthood for Mar Abimalek Timotheus". The Times of India. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. Assyrian Church of the East (17 November 2019). "Fourth Bi-lateral Dialogue Meeting of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Russian Orthodox Church". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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