# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baselios-thomas-i
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:21:46.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baselios-thomas-i"
name: "Baselios Thomas I"
slug: "baselios-thomas-i"
description: "Mor Baselios Thomas I (Syr: ܡܳܪܝ̱ ܒܰܣܺܝܠܺܝܳܘܣ ܬܐܳܘܡܰܐ ܩܰܕ݂ܡܳܝܳܐ; Mal: മോർ ബസേലിയോസ് തോമസ് പ്രഥമൻ; Born Cheruvillil Mathai Thomas was the 80th Maphrian of the Syriac Orthodox Church, 3rd Catholicos of East and 25th Malankara Metropolitan of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church. He also served as the Metropolitan of the Angamali Diocese. He was the first head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church to use the title \"Catholicos of India\"."
tagline: "3rd Catholicos of Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church (1929–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H.B._Mor_Baselios_Thomas_I.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1929-07-22"
deathDate: "2024-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.418792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%ADlio_Tom%C3%A1s_I"
    title: "Basílio Tomás I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "باسيليوس توما الأول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselios_Thomas_I."
    title: "Baselios Thomas I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselios_Thomas_I"
    title: "Baselios Thomas I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselios_Thomas_Ier"
    title: "Baselios Thomas Ier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselios_Thomas_I"
    title: "Baselios Thomas I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "ബസേലിയോസ് തോമസ് പ്രഥമൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselios_Thomas_I"
    title: "Baselios Thomas I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335035"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump