Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal or when referring exclusively to his being a cardinal, Baselios Cleemis Cardinal Thottunkal is the current Major Archbishop of the SyroMalankara Catholic Church. He was elected to the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI at the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican onNovember 2012.
Baselios Cleemis was born onJune 1959 as Isaac Thottumkal in Mukkoor, a small village close to Mallappally Town in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala in South India. His parents are Mathew and Annamma Thottumkal. The Thottumkal family is a part of the Pakalomattom family, which is an ancient Syrian Christian family in Kerala.
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