Archbishop Mar Ivanios, of Trivandrum (India), who was in Sydney and Melbourne in 1948, recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his consecration. He is a Metropolitan of the Syro-Malankara Rite Catholics of Malabar, an Archdiocese established by the Holy See. Archbishop Ivanios has 70,000 Catholics in his Archdiocese, many having been converted from the Jacobite faith. Under his direction, the University of Trivandrum, several high schools, and religious institutions have been constructed.

