Saint Thomas Christians- Chronological Events from First Century to Twenty First Century
The main references are from, Mackenzie “ Christianity in Travancore” ( 1901), Placid “ The Thomas Christians” ( 1970), Brown “ The Indian Christians of Saint Thomas” ( 1956) , Tisserant “ Eastern Christianity in India ( 1957) and Mingana “ The early spread of Christianity in India” ( 1926), Mundadon “ History of Christianity in India” Volume I (1984) , Thekkedath “ History of Christianity in India” Volume II ( 1982) , Malekandathil “ Saint Thomas Christians and the Indian Ocean”, Menachery “ The Nazranies” ( 1998).
Contents
• PART A – FIRST MILLENIUM
• PART B- PERIOD FROM 1001 AD TO 1500 AD
• PART C- PERIOD FROM 1500 AD TO 1599 AD
• PART D- PERIOD FROM 1600 AD TO 1663 AD
• PART E- SUCCEEDING CENTURY AMONG CATHOLICS ( SYRO MALABAR CHURCH)
• PART F- SUCCEEDING CENTURY AMONG JACOBITES ( MALANKARA SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH)
• PART G- THE DIVISION CHRONOLOGY FROM CATHOLICS ( SYRO MALABAR CHURCH)
• PART H- THE DIVISION CHRONOLOGY FROM JACOBITES ( MALANKARA SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH)
PART A – FIRST MILLENNIUM
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| Saint Thomas the Apostle at King Gondaphares in North India | c. 40 AD |
| Saint Thomas the Apostle lands at Cranganore | c. 52 AD |
| Saint Thomas the Apostle builds churches or communities ( Palayoor, Kodungaloor, Parur, Kokamangalam, Niranam, Nilackal, Kollam) | c. 52-72 AD |
| Martyrdom of Saint Thomas the Apostle at Mylapore, India | July 3rd. 72 AD |
| Mesopotamia and Assyria become Roman provinces | c. 98-117 AD |
| Kuravilangadu Church founded | c. 105 AD |
| Pantaenus visits India | c. 190 AD |
| Sassanians become a major power | 232 AD |
| Bishop David leaves Basrah for India | c. 295 AD |
| Pallipuram Church founded | c. 290 AD |
| Ambazhakad Church founded | c. 300 AD |
| Aruvithara Church founded | c. 301 AD |
| John of Persia and Greater India attend the Council of Nicaea | 325 AD |
| Bishop Theophilos visits India | c .354-356 AD |
| Yonan, a monk, priest visits the Monastery of St.Thomas in India | c. 390 AD |
| North Pudukad Church founded | c. 400 AD |
| Puthenchira Church founded | c. 400 AD |
| Syond of Seleucia, Archbishopric of Seleucia- Ctesiphon | 410 AD |
| Archbishop of Seleucia- Ctesiphon assumes the title of Catholicos | 421 AD |
| East Syrian Catholicos Ahai deputed to handle piracy of ships returning from India and Ceylon | c. 421 AD |
| Syond of Markabta- The Church of Mesopotamia becomes Independent from Antioch | 424 AD |
| Mar Komai assisted by an Indian priest Daniel translated in to Syriac, the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans | 425 AD |
| The Indian Church is firmly connected with Seleucia- Ctesiphon | 450 AD |
| Akaparambu Church founded | 450 AD |
| Angamali Church founded | 450 AD |
| Ma’na of Riwarddasir ( Persia) sent a Syriac translation of the works of Diodore and Theodore to India. | 470 AD |
| Muttuchira Church founded | c. 510 AD |
| Kaduthuruthy Church founded | c. 510 AD |
| Enammavu Church founded | c. 510 AD |
| Udayamperoor Church founded | c. 510 AD |
| An East Syrian Monk, Cosmas Indicopleustes visits South India | c. 535 AD |
| Mattam Church founded | c. 550 AD |
| Chambakulam Church founded | c. 550 AD |
| East Syrian Monks Abraham Kashkar, Bar Sahde visits South India | c. 550 AD |
| Periodiota Bod visits South India | c. 560 AD |
| Theodore, a Frankish monk visits Mylapore | 590 AD |
| Edapally Church founded | c. 593 AD |
| Chalakudy Church founded | c. 600 AD |
| Mylakombu Church founded | c. 600 AD |
| Dispute between India and Seleucia | 650-60 AD |
| Kolenchery Church founded | c. 650 AD |
| Moozhikulam Church founded | c. 650 AD |
| The Metropolitan See of India is created | 714/728 AD |
| Patriach Thimothy called the Archen ( Archdeacon) head of the faithful in India | c. 800 AD |
| Bishop Thomas Cana arrives in Malabar | 825 (?) AD |
| Mar Sabrisho and Mar Peroz arrive in Malabar | c .825/880 AD |
| Kayamkulam Church founded | c. 824 AD |
| Athirampuzha church founded | c. 835 AD |
| The Syrian Church of India is granted full status (Patriarch Theodosius ) | c. 852/858 AD |
| Patriarch Theodose mentions Archbishop of India | 852 AD |
| King Ayyanadigal granting two set of copper plates to Mar Sabrisho and Tarisapalli | c.880 AD |
| King Alfred’s embassy to Mylapore | 883 AD |
| Kottayam Church founded | 890 AD |
| King Rajasimha Perumal granting Thazhekad Sasanam rock edict | c.900 AD |
| Nagapuzha Church founded | 900 AD |
| Manjapra Church founded | 943 AD |
| Mavelikara Church founded | 943 AD |
| Kadamattom Church founded | 950 AD |
| Pazhuvil Church founded | 960 AD |
| Arakuzha Church founded | 999 AD |
| Nediasala Church founded | 999 AD |
| Kottekad Church founded | 999 AD |
| Kunnamkulam Church founded | 999 AD |
PART B- PERIOD FROM 1001 AD TO 1500 AD
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| Kanjur Church founded | 1001 AD |
| Kaduthuruthy Cheriapally founded | c. 1001 AD |
| Pala Church founded | 1002 AD |
| Muttam Church founded | 1023 AD |
| Cherpunkal Church founded | 1096 AD |
| Vadakara Church founded | 1096 AD |
| Bharananganam Church founded | 1100 AD |
| Changanacherry Church founded | 1117 AD |
| Mar John, Archbishop (?) of India visits Rome | 1122 AD |
| Thripunithara Church founded | 1175 AD |
| Cheppadu Church founded | c. 1175 AD |
| Chengannoor Church founded | c. 1175 AD |
| Kudamaloor Church founded | c. 1175 AD |
| Ernakulam Church founded | c. 1175 AD |
| Kothanalloor Church founded | 1220 AD |
| Mulanthuruthy Church founded | 1225 AD |
| Kothamangalam Valiapally founded | 1240 AD |
| Karthikapally Church founded | c. 1240 AD |
| Kuruppumpady Church founded | c. 1240 AD |
| Marco Polo visits Malabar and Mylapore | 1293 AD |
| Friar John of Monte Corvino visits India | 1293 AD |
| Haythonous, a Norbertine canon, visits Malabar | c. 1300 AD |
| Alengad Church founded | 1300 AD |
| Muthalakodam Church founded | 1312 AD |
| Mar Jacob is the Metropolitan and Director of Church in India | 1315 AD |
| Friar Jordan Catalani visits Thana, near Bombay | 1321 AD |
| Friar Oderico de Pordenone visits Thana and Malabar | 1321 AD |
| Friar Jordan Catalani visits Quilon | 1322 AD |
| Friar Jordan Caralani becomes the first Latin Bishop of Quilon | 1329 AD |
| Njarackal Church founded | 1341 AD |
| Koratty Church founded | 1381 AD |
| Friar John Marignola visits Quilon | 1348-9 AD |
| Poonjar Church founded | c. 1381 AD |
| Alleppey Church founded | 1400 AD |
| Nicolas de Conti visits Mylapore and Malabar | 1415-38 AD |
| Pope Eugene writes to Thomas the emperor of the Indians | 1439 AD |
| Kanjirappilly Church founded | 1450 AD |
| Kothamangalam Cheriapally founded | 1455 AD |
| Kudavechur Church founded | 1463 AD |
| A Saint Thomas Christian, Joseph goes to Mesopotamia | 1490 AD |
| Division of the world mission lands between Portugal and Spain by Pope Alexander V1 | 1493 AD |
| Joseph comes back in Malabar with two Bishops, Mar Thomas and Mar John from Mesopotamia | c.1496 AD |
| Vasco de Gamma’s first landing in India near Calicut | 1498 AD |
| Cabral at Calicut | 1499 AD |
PART C- PERIOD FROM 1500 AD TO 1599 AD
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| Franciscan Friars at Cochin | 1500 AD |
| Mar Yahballaha, Mar Denha and Mar Joseph arrive in Malabar | 1501 AD |
| Vasco de Gamma’s first meeting with Christians of Saint Thomas | 1503 AD |
| Dominican priests at Cochin | 1503 AD |
| Cochin falls under Portuguese rule | 1503 AD |
| Cranganore is captured by the Portuguese | 1504 AD |
| The Latin Bishopric of Funchal is created with jurisdiction over Portuguese India | 1514 AD |
| Jewish migration from Cranganore to Cochin | 1514 AD |
| The tomb of Saint Thomas is re-discovered at Mylapore | 1523 AD |
| Saint Francis Xavier’s first visit to Malabar | 1523 AD |
| A Persian Cross ( Saint Thomas Cross ) rediscovered at Mylapore | 1523 AD |
| Vasco de Gamma buried at Saint Francis Church, Fort Kochi | 1524 AD |
| Goa diocese is erected ( Parishes- Kannur, Cochin, Quilon, Colombo and Sao Thome ( Madras) ) | 1534 AD |
| Goa is made a suffragon bishopric of Funchal | 1539 AD |
| Franciscan Fr. Vincent De Lagos starts the Cranganore Seminary | 1540 AD |
| Saint Francis Xavier in Travanocre | 1544-5AD |
| Dominican monastery founded in Cochin | 1548 AD |
| Mar Jacob Abuna, the Chaldean Metropolitan stays at Saint Antonio Monastery Cochin | 1549 AD |
| First Jesuit house in Cochin | 1550 AD |
| The Chaldean Church is united with Rome | 1552 AD |
| Death of Saint Francis Xavier | 1552 AD |
| A Jesuit College opens at Cochin | 1552 AD |
| Mattancherry palace built by Portuguese for King of Cochin | 1555 AD |
| Chaldean Bishops Mar Joseph and Mar Elias reach Goa | 1556 AD |
| Pope Paul IV erects the diocese of Cochin | 1557 AD |
| Goa made Archbishopric and Cochin a suffragan bishopric | 1557 AD |
| First Jesuit mission among the Syrian Christians | 1557-60 AD |
| Chaldean Bishops Mar Joseph and Mar Elias arrives in Malabar | 1558 AD |
| The King of Cochin publishes an edict of tolerance in favor Of Christian converts | 1560 AD |
| Chaldean Bishop Mar Joseph made to go to Europe | 1561 AD |
| Chaldean Bishop Mar Abraham arrives in Malabar | 1563 AD |
| Mar Joseph returns to Malabar | 1564 AD |
| Mar Abraham escapes to Mesopotamia | 1564 AD |
| Mar Joseph send back to Europe | 1565 AD |
| Mar Abraham comes back to Malabar | 1565 AD |
| Archdiocese of Angamaly erected | 1565 AD |
| First Council of Goa | 1567 AD |
| Jews shifted to Mattancherry | 1567 AD |
| Synagogue of white Jews built in Cochin | 1568 AD |
| Chaldean Bishop Mar Joseph dies in Rome | 1569 AD |
| Second Council of Goa | 1575 AD |
| Vaipicotta Seminary of Jesuits started | 1577 AD |
| Mar Simon comes to Malabar | 1577 AD |
| Augustinians reached Cochin | 1579 AD |
| First Synod of Angamaly convoked by the Metropolitan Bishop Mar Abraham | 1583 AD |
| Third Council of Goa | 1585 AD |
| Fourth Council of Goa | 1592 AD |
| Alexis De Menezes becomes Archbishop of Goa | 1595 AD |
| Death of the last Chaldean Metropolitan of the undivided church of Saint Thomas Christians- Mar Abraham’s death – St. Hormis church, Angamaly | 1597 AD |
| Alexis De Menezes begins his vist in Malabar | 1598 AD |
| Synod of Diamper | 1599 AD |
| Fr. Franics Roz SJ becomes the Bishop of the Syrians | 1599 AD |
PART D- PERIOD FROM 1600 AD TO 1663 AD
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| Padroado rule imposed on Saint Thomas Christians | 1600 AD |
| Franics Roz SJ was appointed as the first Latin bishop of Thomas Christians | 1601 AD |
| Second Synod of Angamale convoked by Franics Roz | 1606 AD |
| Angamale again becomes an Archbishopric | 1608 AD |
| Erection of diocese of Cranganore | 1609 AD |
| Limiting Pastoral Jurisdiction of Nasranis to Malabar by Metropolitan of Goa | 1610 AD |
| Death of Bishop Francis Roz | 1624 AD |
| Dominican Seminary at Kaduthuruthy | 1624 AD |
| Edappally Ashram started for the Religious Community of St. Thomas Christians | 1626 AD |
| Fr. Frnacis Donati in Malabar | 1628 AD |
| Thomas de Campo becomes the Archdeacon | 1637 AD |
| A monk called Athallah, reaches Mylapre, not allowed to enter Malabar | 1652 AD |
| Coonan Cross Oath at Mattancherry, Cochin | 1653 AD |
| Mar Thoma I ordained bishop at Alangad by the laying of hands by 12 priests | 1653 AD |
| First Carmelite mission to Malabar | 1657 AD |
| The Vicariate of Malabar is erected by Pope Alexander VII | 1659 AD |
| First Latin Vicar- Apostolic of Malabar is consecrated Bishop Sebastiani | 1659 AD |
| Bishop Sebastiani lands at Cochin. Second Carmelite mission in Malabar | 1661 AD |
| Quilon is captured by the Dutch | 1661 AD |
| Cranganore is captured by the Dutch | 1662 AD |
| Cochin is captured by the Dutch | 1663 AD |
| Bishop Sebastiani consecrates Bishop Mar Alexander de Campo (Mar Chandy Palliveettil ) and leaves Malabar | 1663 AD |
PART E- SUCCEEDING CENTURY AMONG CATHOLICS ( SYRO MALABAR CHURCH)
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| A seminary is founded at Verapoly | 1682 AD |
| Angelus Franics is nominated Vicar Apostolic of the Catholic Syrians | 1700 AD |
| Mar Simon of Adana, a Chaldean Bishop arrives in Malabar | 1700 AD |
| Death of Church of East Bishop Mar Gabriel | 1730-1 AD |
| Mar John, a Chaldean Bishop comes to Malabar | 1747 AD |
| The Seminary of Verapoly is revived | 1764 AD |
| Dr. Joseph Cariati is nominated as the Archbishop of Cranganore | 1782 AD |
| Dr. Joseph Cariati dies at Goa | 1786 AD |
| Cochin is captured by the British | 1795 AD |
| The first Anglican missionaries arrive in Travancore | 1816 AD |
| A congregation of Syro Malabar Carmelite territories founded | 1829 AD |
| The Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly is created | 1838 AD |
| Mar Rokos Thomas, a Chaldean Bishop from Mesopotamia arrives at Cochin | 1861 AD |
| Mar Rokos Thomas returns to Mesopotamia | 1862 AD |
| Mar Mellus Ellias, a Chaldean Bishop from Mesopotamia arrives In Malabar | 1874 AD |
| Mar Mellus Ellias , excommunicated by Rome, leaves India | 1882 AD |
| The Seminary of Puthenpally becomes the central seminary for Syrians and Latins | 1886 AD |
| The Catholic Hierarchy is established in India | 1886 AD |
| The Apostolic vicariates of Kottayam and Trichur are created for Syrian Catholics | 1887 AD |
| Two new apostolic vicariates are created at Ernakulm and Changanacherry. Changanacherry replaced that of Kottyam | 1896 AD |
| The Mellusians of Trichur joined the Assyrian Church of East | 1907 AD |
| The Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam is created for the Catholic Syrians of Southist community | 1911 AD |
| The Syro Malabar hierarchy is erected | 1923 AD |
| Mar Ivanios and Mar Theophilos become Catholic | 1930 AD |
| The Syro- Malankara hierarchy created | 1931 AD |
| The Seminary of Puthenpally is transferred to Alwaye | 1933 AD |
| Mar Severios, Syriac Orthodox Bishop of Niranam become Catholic | 1937 AD |
| Mar Dioscoros, the Syriac Orthodox Bishop of Southists becomes Catholic | 1939 AD |
| Syro Malabar diocese of Palai is erected | 1950 AD |
| Jubilee celebrations of Saint Thomas and Saint Franics Xavier | 1952 AD |
| Cardinal Eugene Tisserant, visits Malabar | 1953 AD |
| Syro Malabar diocese of Tellicherry is erected | 1954 AD |
| The jurisdiction of the Syro Malabar hierarchy is extended in Travancore and Cochin, in Madras State and in Mysore State | 1956 AD |
| Syro Malabar diocese of Kothamangalm is erected | 1956 AD |
| Restored Liturgy in force and Holy Qurbana changed to Malayalam from Syriac | 1962 AD |
| 19TH Centenary celebrations jointly by Catholics, Jacobites, Marthoma, CSI churches | 1972 AD |
| Pope John Paul II visits India | 1986 AD |
| Syro Malabar Church raised to a Major Archiepiscopal Sui iuris Church | 1992 AD |
| Syro Malankara Church raised to a Major Archiepiscopal Sui iuris Church | 2005 AD |
PART F- SUCCEEDING CENTURY AMONG JACOBITES ( MALANKARA SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH)
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| Mar Gregorios, the first Syriac Orthodox Bishop comes to Malabar | 1665 AD |
| Mar Gregorios and Mar Thoma I died | 1670-3 AD |
| Second Syriac Orthodox mission, Mar Basil ( Catholicos) , Mar John came to Malabar | 1685 AD |
| Mar Simon of Adana, a Chaldean Bishop arrives in Malabar | 1700 AD |
| Mar Thomas IV tries to unite with Rome | 1704 AD |
| Mar Thomas IV died | 1728 AD |
| Death of Church of East Bishop Mar Gabriel | 1730-1 AD |
| Mar John, a Syriac Orthodox Bishop comes to Malabar | 1741 AD |
| Mar John, a Chaldean Bishop comes to Malabar | 1747 AD |
| Mar Thomas V tries to unite with Rome | 1748 AD |
| Mar John, the Syriac Orthodox Bishop who came in 1741 was deported | 1751 AD |
| Third Syriac Orthodox mission, Mar Basil ( Catholicos) , Mar Gregory and Mar John to Malabar | 1751 AD |
| Mar Thomas V died | 1765 AD |
| Mar Thomas VI succeeded Mar Thomas V | 1765 AD |
| Mar Thomas VI was consecrated as Mar Dionysius I at Niranam by Syriac Orthodox Bishops Mar Gregory and Mar John | 1772 AD |
| The Anjoorians ( Thozhiur- known today as Malabar Independent Syrian Church) formed by the expulsion of Mar Cyril by Mar Dionysius I from Travancore and Cochin State | 1772 AD |
| Cochin is captured by the British | 1795 AD |
| Mar Dionysios I becomes Catholic for six months | 1799 AD |
| Mar Dioscoros, a Syriac Orthodox bishop comes to Malabar | 1807 AD |
| Mar Dionysios I died | 1808 AD |
| Successor of Mar Dionysios I, Mar Thomas VII died | 1809 AD |
| Mar Thomas VIII succeeded | 1809 AD |
| Mar Thomas VIII died | 1815 AD |
| Mar Thomas IX succeeded | 1815 AD |
| Mar Dionysius II consecrated by Mar Philoxenos of Anjoor ( the non- hereditary indigenous Bishop ) | 1815 AD |
| Mar Dionysius II deposed Mar Thomas IX | 1815 AD |
| The first Anglican missionaries arrive in Travancore | 1816 AD |
| Mar Dionysius III consecrated by Mar Philoxenos of Anjoor ( Anglican missionaries become influential among Jacobites) | 1818 AD |
| Mar Dionysius III died and Mar Dionysius IV consecrated | 1825 AD |
| Mar Jacob is send to Malabar by the Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Patriarch | 1825 AD |
| The first Syond of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox ( Mavelikara)- Mar Dionysius IV Officially acknowledged the jurisdiction of Patriarch of Antioch | 1836 AD |
| A breach occurs between Malankara Syriac Orthodox and the Protestant missionaries and both parted ways and divided common properties | 1837 AD |
| Some 6000/12000 Jacobites joined Anglcian Church | 1837 AD |
| Mathew Mar Athanasius arrives in Malabar and tried deposing Mar Dionysius IV | 1843 AD |
| Mar Kurillos, a Syriac Orthodox bishop comes to Malabar after Mar Dionysius IV informed the patriarch about the Anglican tendencies of Mathew Mar Athanasius | 1846 AD |
| Mar Kurillos deported and Mar Dionysius IV died | 1855 AD |
| Mar Stephanos, a Syriac Orthodox bishop arrived | 1855 AD |
| Court ruling asking Anglican missionaries to leave the affairs of Malankara Syriac Orthodox free | 1857 AD |
| Mar Kurillos failed in court cases to recover the churches from Mathew Mar Athanasius | 1857 AD |
| Pulikottil Joseph consecrated as Mar Dionysius V | 1865 AD |
| TheSyriac Orthodox Patriarch Peter VII, reaches Malabar | 1875 AD |
| Mathew Mar Athanasius excommunicated | 1875 AD |
| Mathew Mar Athanasius died, Thomas Mar Athanasius succeeded | 1875 AD |
| Mar Dionysius V assumes the title of Metropolitan of Malankara | 1876 AD |
| The Second Malankara Syriac Orthodox Syond ( Mulanthuruthy) | 1876 AD |
| Six more Bishops consecrated in Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church and six eparchies Created. | 1876 AD |
| Mar Dionysius V and party victories in Court case | 1876 AD |
| The Marthoma Church comes into being — Thomas Mar Athanasious before then they were known as Reformed Jacobites. | 1876 AD |
| A delegate of the Syriac Orthodox Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch resides in Malabar | 1908 AD |
| Mar Dionysius V died | 1909 AD |
| The Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Abdallah visits Malabar | 1909 AD |
| The Syriac Orthodox Jacobites of India split into two parties( Under Mar Dionysius VI called as Bishop Party and under the Patriarch called as Patriarch Party | 1910-12 AD |
| The Southist Jacobite bishopric created in Chingavanam | 1910 AD |
| The deposed Syriac Orthodox Jacobite Patriarch Abd-ul-Massih comes to Malabar and erects a Catholicosate | 1912 AD |
| Two Bethany Congregations founded by Fr. PT Givargjeese | 1919 AD |
| Mar Dionysius VI visits Syrian Orthodox Jacobite Patriarch and a Catholic WestSyrian Bishop | 1924 AD |
| Mar Ivanios and Mar Theophilos joined Catholic Church | 1930 AD |
| The Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch , Elias III, comes to Malabar | 1931 AD |
| The Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Elias III dies in Malabar | 1933 AD |
| Official contacts with Catholicos Party of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox and Greek Patriarchate at Constantinople | 1956 AD |
| End of the division among the Malankara Syrian Orthodox of India | 1958 AD |
| Supreme Court decision in favor of Bishop Party ( known as Orthodox) | 1959 AD |
| 19th Centenary celebrations jointly by Catholics, Jacobites, Marthoma, CSI churches | 1972 AD |
| Split in the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church of India resulting from the actions of Syrian Patriarch ( Jacobites & Orthodox) | 1975 AD |
| Supreme Court judgment that there is only one Orthodox Church in India with two faction | 1995 AD |
PART G- THE DIVISION CHRONOLOGY FROM CATHOLICS ( SYRO MALABAR CHURCH)
From Catholics ( Syro Malabar Church) – Formation of Mellusians ( known today as Chaldean Syrian Church )
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| Mar Mellus Ellias, a Chaldean Bishop from Mesopotamia arrives In Malabar | 1874 AD |
| Mar Mellus Ellias , excommunicated by Rome, leaves India, entrusted followers to a Chaldean Chorepiscopa | 1882 AD |
| The Mellusians of Trichur joined the Assyrian Church of East | 1907 AD |
PART H- THE DIVISION CHRONOLOGY FROM JACOBITES ( MALANKARA SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH)
From Jacobites ( Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church) ) – Formation of Thozhiyur Church ( known today as Malabar Independent Syrian Church).
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| The Anjoorians ( Thozhiur- known today as Malabar Independent Syrian Church) formed by the expulsion of Mar Cyril by Mar Dionysius I from Travancore and Cochin State | 1772 AD |
From Jacobites ( Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church) – Formation of Reformed Jacobites ( known today as Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church )
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| A breach occurs between Malankara Syriac Orthodox and the Protestant missionaries and both parted ways and divided common properties | 1837 AD |
| Mathew Mar Athanasius arrives in Malabar and tried deposing Mar Dionysius IV | 1843 AD |
| Mathew Mar Athanasius excommunicated | 1875 AD |
| The Marthoma Church comes into being — Thomas Mar Athanasious before then they were known as Reformed Jacobites. | 1876-89 AD |
From Orthodox ( Malankara Orthodox Syriac Church) – Formation of Syro Malankara Church
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| Mar Dionysius VI visits Syrian Orthodox Jacobite Patriarch and a Catholic West Syrian Bishop | 1824 AD |
| Mar Ivanios and Mar Theophilos joined Catholic Church | 1830 AD |
Split as two groups known today as Orthodox and Jacobites
| EVENTS | YEAR |
| The Syrian Orthodox Jacobites of India split into two parties( Under Mar Dionysius VI called as Bishop Party and under the Patriarch called as Patriarch Party) | 1910-12 AD |
| End of the division among the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Jacobites of India | 1958 AD |
| Split in the Syriac Orthodox Jacobite Church of India resulting from the actions of Syriac Patriarch of Antioch ( as Jacobites & Orthodox) | 1975 AD |
| Supreme Court judgment that there is only one Orthodox Church in India with two factions | 1995 AD |