enthroned ended predecessor successor birth_name consecration birth_place death_date death_place buried article_title birth_date ordination name
5 november 1909 6 july 1944 titus i mar thoma metropolitan abraham mar thoma metropolitan p. j. dethose 9 december 1894 maramon 6 july 1944 tiruvalla tiruvalla titus ii mar thoma
 6 may 1866 1889 titus ii mar thoma metropolitan
titus ii mar thoma

titus ii mar thoma metropolitan was the head of the mar thoma church with its center in kerala state in south-western india .
he was known as thithoos dwitheeyan mar thoma metropolitan among his people .
-lrb- thithoos is aramaic and malayalam -rrb- it was in the malabar coast in the 1st century ce , thomas the apostle arrived to preach the gospel to the jewish community .
some of the jews and locals became followers of jesus of nazareth .
they were known as nasrani people and their church as malankara church .
they followed a unique hebrew-syriac christian tradition which included several jewish elements and indian customs .
malankara mar thoma syrian church which is known as mar thoma church is still a part of this malankara church .
