Francisco Ros

Francisco Ros, S.J (1559–1624) was a Jesuit prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Angamaly-Cranganore, associated with the Saint Thomas Christians in the early modern Malabar in South India.

He learned Syriac while he was in Goa and Malabar and became the professor of the semitic languages in the seminary of Vaipikotta.

Francisco Ros started his mission among the Christians of St. Thomas at the end of 1585, after the Third Provincial Congregation that held in Goa.

His first mission was to assist Archbishop Abraham of Angamaly to bring into effect the directives of the Provincial Council (1585).

Francisco Ros was named the bishop of Angamaly, immediately after the Synod of Diamper that held in 1599.

Monument built in the sanctuary of the old St. Thomas Church in North Paravur, in honour of Dom Francisco Ros, S.J, the first Latin Archbishop of Angamaly Cranganore