Baselios Paulose II

Mor Baselios Paulose II (Syr: ܡܳܪܝ ܒܰܣܺܝܠܺܝܳܘܣ ܦܰܘܠܽܘܣ ܬܪܶܝܳܢܳܐ; Mal: മോർ ബസേലിയോസ് പൗലോസ് ദ്വിതീയൻ; born Puthusseril Joseph Paulose 12 June 1914 – 1 September 1996) was the second Maphrian of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, which is part of Syriac Orthodox Church.

Paulose was born on 12 June 1914 to the Vicar of Cherai St Mary's church, Kasheesho Puthusseril Joseph and Eralil Elizabeth of Vadakkan Paravoor.

Paulose continued his Syriac education under Rabban Abdul Ahad (later Patriarch Yaqub III).

Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum ordained Paulose P. J. with the name Mor Philoxenus on 19 October 1952 at Homs, Syria.

The remains of Catholicos Basileus Paulose II are interred in a tomb in St. George's Monastery, Malekurish near Puthenkurishu in Ernakulam District, Kerala.