Mor Yulios Elias Qoro


Mor Yulios Elias Qoro was a Syriac Orthodox Church Bishop and the third Patriarchal delegate to Malankara. Born as Elias Malke Qoro at Mardin on August 1, 1881,educated at school of the Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. He joined Dairo d-Kurkmo in 1902, and became a monk on 16 June 1905. He was appointed secretary to Patriarch Ignatius Abded Aloho II in 1906, and was ordained kashisho in 1908.He met King Edward VI twice. He became abbot of Mor Hananyo Monastery in 1911, and was appointed director of its printing press.He was consecrated bishop on 23 September 1923 in the Church of the Forty Martyrs by Patriarch Ignatius Elias III,appointed to serve in Malankara. He served as Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara in 1927. In 1932, he established Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara on the tomb of Patriarch Elias III at Omallur, Kerala. He established and approved order for various monasteries and churches in Kerala. He died in 1962 at Omallur, Kerala,India and was buried at Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara.