New Auxiliary is Monsignor Benedict Verghese

His Holiness the Pope has appointed an Auxiliary to Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum, India, who has been ailing for the past several months. The new Auxiliary is Monsignor Benedict Verghese, of the Congregation of the Imitation of Christ, Vice Principal of the Trivandrum University of Mar Ivanios. The...
Archbishop Mar Ivanios is Ill

Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum, India, who visited Australia for the Melbourne Catholic Centenary celebrations a few years ago, is seriously ill and has received the last rites.Once a Jacobite (schismatic) Bishop, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1930.Copyright: Catholic Weekly (Sydney) 16th October 1952
Personal – 25th Episcopal Jubilee of Mar Ivanios

Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum, who toured Australia some time ago, has observed his 25th episcopal jubilee. He received an Apostolic Blessing from His Holiness the Pope. Called the "Newman of India," Archbishop Ivanios came over to the Catholic Church with a number of his followers in 1930 from...
Archbishop’s Protest On Indian Education Plan

TRIVANDRUM (India) — Archbishop Mar Ivanios, Ordinary of the Malankara Rite in the Archdiocese of Trivandrum, has openly lodged a protest against the new educational plan fostered by the Government of the State of Travancore-Cochin.He claims that the plan is dangerous to the present Catholic school system and would...
Archbishop Mar Ivanios: Celebrated A Jubilee

Archbishop Mar Ivanios, of Trivandrum (India), who was in Sydney and Melbourne in 1948, recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his consecration. He is a Metropolitan of the Syro-Malankara Rite Catholics of Malabar, an Archdiocese established by the Holy See. Archbishop Ivanios has 70,000 Catholics in his Archdiocese, many...
A Catholic Archbishop (Mar Ivanios of Travancore) Pays Tribute to Gandhi

"The Commonweal," a famous American Catholic weekly, in an editorial on Mahatma Gandhi, which appeared on the very day he died, announced: "Mahatma Gandhi... Long may he live." Gandhi was born and brought up under the influence of some of the best Indian traditions and culture. To the end,...
Memories & Musings: MAR IVANIOS

Introduction: By far the most colourful prelate to visit Melbourne for the Diocesan Centenary celebrations as Archbishop Mar Ivanios, of Trivandrum, India. This bearded and turbaned Hierarch was a centre of interest at many of the festivities connected with the week of rejoicing.Reunion with the Catholic Church: The story...
Big Family

Archbishop Mar Ivanios, whose diocese of 27 million inhabitants is in Travancore State, India, said Mass at Lourdes Hill Convent today. The picture was taken in the Convent grounds.
Indian Visitor

Archbishop Mar Ivanios, from Travancore, India, who said mass at Lourdes Hill Convent.