H.G. Mor Ivanios Mathews Metropolitan was born to Alunkal Abraham and Mary of Kureekadu, Kandanad.
He completed his M.A Degree and later B.Th. from Papal Seminary, Pune. On 2
November 1976 he was ordained Kassisso by the
Catholicos
Aboon Mor Baselios Paulose II. Fr. Mathews served
as vicar of churches in New Delhi, Pune, Faridabad and Bahrain. Since 1997, he
was the administrator of the Kandanad Diocese. He was ordained 'Rabban'
(dayroyo) on 6th August 2000 at the St. George Simhasana Church,
Perumpilly by the then Patriarchal representative to Malankara
Mor Julius Kuriakose.
On 14 January 2001 the Dayroyo Mathews was consecrated Metropolitan by name
IVANIOS by
H.H Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, at the Patriarchal St. Peter & St.
Paul's Cathedral in Ma'arat
Saydnaya, Damascus, Syria. H.G. for a brief period was the Metropolitan of
the Malankara Archdiocese of North America also.
