RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Baselios Cleemis

1959 - Today

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Baselios Cleemis (born 15 June 1959) is the current Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. At the time of his elevation, he was the youngest member of the College of Cardinals and the first cardinal from 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baselios Cleemis is the 2,608th most popular religious figure (up from 2,997th in 2019), the 578th most popular biography from India (up from 894th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Baselios Cleemis ranks 2,608 out of 3,187Before him are Franz Delitzsch, Arsacius of Tarsus, John Mark, Athanasius Schneider, Carlos María de la Torre, and Pedro Rubiano Sáenz. After him are Edoardo Menichelli, Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev, Henryk Gulbinowicz, Nikolay Ilminsky, Frans van der Lugt, and Francis George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Baselios Cleemis ranks 232Before him are Yuriko Shima, Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Ildefonso Falcones, Jorginho Putinatti, Anatoliy Demyanenko, and Aryeh Deri. After him are Bradley Whitford, Alexander Lebedev, Fernando Chalana, Marcos Alonso, Nir Barkat, and Stephen Roche.

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In India

Among people born in India, Baselios Cleemis ranks 578 out of 1,861Before him are Manorama (1937), Zinat-un-Nissa Begum (1643), Ratna Pathak (1957), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), Rambhadracharya (1950), and Qurratulain Hyder (1927). After him are Bal Thackeray (1926), Nutan (1936), Akshata Murty (1980), Pooja Hegde (1990), Devi Shetty (1953), and Erick Avari (1952).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Baselios Cleemis ranks 53Before him are Rukhmabai (1864), Oswald Gracias (1944), Telesphore Toppo (1939), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), and Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805). After him are Antony Padiyara (1921), Roberto de Nobili (1577), Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928), and Simon Pimenta (1920).