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| name = Francisco Ros
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| elected = 1599
| term = 1601 – 1624 February 18
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| successor = Dom Stephen de Brito, S.J
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'''Dom [[Francisco Ros]], S.J''' (1559–1624) was the first Latin Archbishop of [[East Syriac Rite|East Syriac]] [[Archdiocese of Angamaly|Archdiocese of Angamaly-Cranganore]], the See of [[Saint Thomas Christians]]. He was the successor of Mar [[Abraham of Angamaly]], the Metropolitan of All-India.

== Introduction ==

Ros was a Catalan [[Jesuit]] who arrived in India in 1584. He learned [[Syriac language|Syriac]] while he was in Goa and Malabar and became the professor of the [[semitic languages]] in the seminary of Vaipikotta. He was consecrated bishop of Angamaly by Archbishop [[Aleixo de Menezes]] in 1601. His See was later transferred to Cranganore and he was elevated as the Archbishop of Angamaly-Cranganore.<ref>Ferroli, Domenico. ''The Jesuits in Malabar'', vol. 1. Bangalore: Bangalore Press, 1939, 291-349.</ref> Dom Francis Ros expired on 18 February 1624 and in the old church of [[North Paravur]] Kattakkavu, a monument is built for Ros in the sanctuary of the church.
[[File:Monument built in the sanctuary of the old St. Thomas Church in North Paravur, in honour of Dom Francis Ros, S.J, the first Latin Archbishop of Angamaly Cranganore.jpg|thumb|Monument built in the sanctuary of the old St. Thomas Church in North Paravur, in honour of Dom Francis Ros, S.J, the first Latin Archbishop of Angamaly Cranganore]]

== His mission among the St. Thomas Christians ==
[[Francisco Ros]] started his mission among the Christians of St. Thomas in 1586, immediately after the Third Provincial Congregation that held in Goa. His first mission was to assist Archbishop [[Abraham of Angamaly]] to bring into effect the directives of the Provincial Council (1585).

== Francisco Ros, the Archbishop of Angamaly-Cranganore ==
Francisco Ros was named the bishop of [[Angamaly]], immediately after the [[Synod of Diamper]] that held in 1599. Ros was the successor of Mar [[Abraham of Angamaly]], the Metropolitan of All-India. Ros convoked the [[Second Synod of Angamaly]] on 7 December 1603, and the synod resolved three issues that emerged among the Thomas Christians, following the [[Synod of Diamper]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://in.sundayshalom.com/?p=1814 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035831/http://in.sundayshalom.com/?p=1814 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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