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{{Infobox Christian leader<br />
| name = Benedict Gregorios<br />
| honorific_prefix =Aboon<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = ml<br />
| image = Gregorios4.jpg<br />
| title = [[Archbishop]] of [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]]<br />
| church = [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]]<br />
| see = [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum|Trivandrum, India]]<br />
| appointed = 27 January 1955<br />
| ended = 10 October 1994<br />
| predecessor = [[Geevarghese Ivanios]]<br />
| successor = [[Cyril Baselios]]<!-- Orders --><br />
| ordination = 24 August 1940<br />
| ordinated_by = <br />
| consecration = 29 January 1953<br />
| consecrated_by = Archbishop [[Geevarghese Ivanios]]<br />
| rank = <!-- Personal details --><br />
| birth_name = Varghese Thangalathil<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|2|1}}<br />
| birth_place = Kalloopara, [[Travancore]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1994|10|10|1916|2|1}}<br />
| death_place = [[Trivandrum]], Kerala<br />
| previous_post = St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum<br />
}}<br />
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[[Archbishop]] '''Benedict Gregorios''' (1 February 1916 – 10 October 1994) was the second [[Metropolitan Archbishop]] of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]].{{r|CH}}<br />
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==Life==<br />
Gregorios or "Thangalathil Thirumeni" was born and raised in the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kalloopara, present day [[Pathanamthitta]] district. He was baptised by the name Varghese. As a teenage boy Varghese came closer to the ideal of [[The Bethany Ashram|Bethany Ashram]]. He was attracted by the personality of [[Geevarghese Ivanios]] and later became a member of [[The Bethany Ashram|Bethany Ashram]] and adopted the name Benedict. He studied Philosophy and Theology at [[Papal Seminary]], [[Kandy]], Sri Lanka. He was ordained a religious priest of [[The Bethany Ashram|Bethany Ashram]] by then Bishop of Kandy H.E. Bernad Reinjo O.C.B in 1944. As a dynamic young priest he taught Syriac for some time in [[St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum]]. He was sent for higher studies in Economics to St. Joseph's College, Trichy (1946–1949). He became the first principal of [[Mar Ivanios College]].<br />
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He was consecrated as bishop on January 29, 1953, by the hands of Archbishop Ivanios, and he received the name Benedict Mar Gregorios. After the death of Ivanios, Gregorios became the second metropolitan archbishop of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]] in 1955. Parish communities were formed in [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]] during this period. Gregorios paved the way to establish Mar Theophilos Training College, Trivandrum and Mar Gregorios College of Arts and Science, Chennai. After 41 years of episcopal ministry, Gregorios died on 10 October 1994. His body was entombed in [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum]].<br />
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[[St. John's College, Anchal]], a first grade arts and science college in Kollam district was established by Gregorios. St. John's College Anchal became the nerve centre of the total development of a remote rural village into a fast developing township.<br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name="CH">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bthang.html |title=Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil |publisher=Catholic Diocese of Bathery |accessdate=15 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Sources ==<br />
Thomas Inchaykkalodi, Archbishop Mar Ivanios, Vol. 1, Bethany Publications, Kottayam, 2006.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.catholicate.net/ "Syro-Malankara Catholic Church – homepage"]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080225023508/http://www.syromalankara.org/ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church – alternative site built by Malankarites]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032427/http://malankaracatholicchurchuk.com/benedict-mar-gregorios.html Malankara Catholic Church UK]<br />
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