Paulos Gregorios, born Paul Varghese or Vargīsa Pôla (9 August 1922 – 24 November 1996), was the first metropolitan of the Delhi diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and served for over two decades.

Varghese was born in Tripunithura to a traditional Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Christian family called Thadikkal.

He established the Delhi Orthodox Centre, where he began such ambitious projects as the Neeti Shanti Kendra for promoting peace and justice, and Sarva Dharma Nilaya for inter-religious dialogue and cooperation.

[2] Concurrently, Gregorios was the principal of the Orthodox Theological Seminary at Kottayam, a teaching and training institution for the priests of the church.

[3] He led WCC delegations to major conferences including the UN General Assembly Special Sessions on Disarmament (1983,1988).

[2] A member of the senate of the Kerala and Serampore universities for a number of years, Gregorios was a visiting professor at Denver, Harvard, Wooster, and Princeton Theological Seminary.

Seethi, "Paulos Mar Gregorios: Doyan of Peace and Freedom," Global South Colloquy, 9 August 2022 https://globalsouthcolloquy.com/paulos-mar-gregorios-a-doyen-of-peace-and-freedom/