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a portrait of mar dionysius iii october 19 , 1817 may 17 , 1825 mar dionysius ii mar dionysius iv kurien october 19 , 1817 may 17 , 1825 jacobite syriac orthodox church kottayam kottayam 's orthodox church -rrb- cheria palli -lrb- st. & nbsp ; mary mar dionysius iii.png mar dionysius iii
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mar dionysius iii

`` dionysius iii redirects here .
there was also a dionysius iii of constantinople -lrb- r. 1662 -- 1665 -rrb- . ''
mar dionysius iii , also known as punnathra mar dionysius and born kurien -lrb- 1785 -- may 17 , 1825 -rrb- was malankara metropolitan from 1817 until his death .
dionysius had a long career in the malankara church prior to his consecration as metropolitan .
it was his suggestion during the time of mar thoma ix to establish the syrian seminary at kottayam , kerala 's first educational institution .
he also welcomed some of the first missionary teachers who arrived from england to teach in the seminary .
in 1816 , following the demise of mar dionysius ii , who had not appointed a successor , kurien was elected to succeed him as the malankara metropolitan by the general assembly of the church -lrb- malankara palli-yogam -rrb- and was ordained as bishop by mar philexenos of the malabar independent syrian church .
