Mangalore, March 9: The funeral of Polycorpus Mar Geeverghese, Bishop of Jacobite Syrian Church, who passed away on Sunday in Kerala was held at St. Antony's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral, Jeppu, Mangalore, on Wednesday, March 9.
Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I led the funeral ceremonies.
Bishop Geeverghese was the Director of Honnavar Mission and was largely responsible for the setting up of several schools and Syrian churches across the district.
Bishop Geeverghese was born in 1933 in Mulanilkunnathil House (Nadayil Kudumbam of the Chennithala Horeb Church) Chennithala, Mavelikkara. He was ordained deacon in 1956 and priest in 1957. He was consecrated Cor-Episcopos in 1978 during the time in which he served for the Evangelistic Association of the East. He was consecrated Metropolitan in 1990 as bishop of Evangelistic Association of the East at Damascus by H.H.Ignatios Zakka I Iwas.
Devotees and well-wishers thronged the venue in large numbers to pay their last respects to the Late Bishop.
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