Cyril Baselios

Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholicos or, when referencing his title of Major Archbishop, Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil OIC (born James Malancharuvil, 16 August 1935 –18 January 2007) was the first major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.

He taught at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary in Kottayam and St. Joseph's Pontifical Institute, Mangalapuzha, Aluva.

He was made Metropolitan Archbishop and head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church on 6 November 1995.

He received the archiepiscopal pallium from Pope John Paul II on 9 January 1996 in Vatican City.

He was the first Syro-Malakara to bear the title of Major Archbishop and his official title according to the West Syriac Tradition was Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholicos, which was earlier granted to the Syro-Malabar metropolitanate of Ernakulam–Angamaly and the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitanate of Kyiv–Halyč and shortly after to the Romanian Catholic Metropolitanate of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia.