His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews III
H.G. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III is the present Primate of Malankara Church, Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan and the Metropolitan of the Diocese of Kandanad West and the Diocese of Kottayam Central of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was enthroned as the 22nd Malankara Metropolitan and 9th Catholicos of the Malankara Church on 15 October 2021 at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala, succeeding His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II.