Mar Warthulma at Sao Bento monastery church in Lisbon. On 16 December 1782 Pope Pius VI confirmed his appointment by Queen as Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Kodungalloor, thus imprinting in the history of Archdiocese as the first native Archbishop of Mar Thoma Nazranis of Malankara. On 17 March 1783 he revived the sacred Pallium of Metropolitan Archbishop from Pope Pius VI. At the same time he also received all the privileges and authority to unite Mar Thoma VI and puthenkoor faction to Catholic Church. However, on his way back to India, he died at Goa on 10 September 1786. He was initially buried there and later his mortal remains were transferred to Alangad and were re-interred at St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Alangad in 1961. He is the author of two books, viz. Vedatharkkam (Dialectics on Theology) (1768) and Noticias do Reino do Malabar (1780). He had also issued an official Letter of Archbishop on 16 July 1783. See also Syro-Malabar Catholic Church List of Syro-Malabar Catholics Timeline of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Christianity in India Saint Thomas Christians External links References Mar Joseph Kariattil St Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India – Edited by George Menachery, Vol.2 (1973). History of Christianity in India – Mundadan, A. Mathias (1984). Indian Church History Classics,Vol 1, Ed. George Menachery: The Nazranies (1998). Vathamaanappusthakam, Thomas Paremakkal (Malayalam) Various Editions. Eng. Tr. by Placid Podipara, Rome. Sanghasmrithi(Vol II). Nazrani Pazhama(Part-1). Author: Dr Ignatious Payyapilly (2019). Syro-Malabar Catholic Archbishops of Ernakulam-Angamaly 18th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in India People from Aluva 1786 deaths 1742 births Syro-Malabar archbishops 18th-century Indian scholars