Abimalek Timotheus was an Assyrian bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Malabar and All India. Born in the village of Mar Bisho within the Ottoman Empire in 1878, he was later dispatched to India by Catholicos-Patriarch Shimun XIX. This appointment followed a formal request from the Chaldean Syrian Church in Trichur for a new bishop. He held his ecclesiastical position from 1907 until his death in 1945.
Life and ministry
Following a petition for leadership within the Chaldean Syrian Church, Timotheus moved to India to fulfill his duties. He remained the Metropolitan for nearly four decades, overseeing the community in Malabar and across India. His leadership concluded upon his passing in April 1945.
Sainthood and veneration
The Assyrian Church of the East declared him a saint after implementing updated canonization protocols. This process led to his formal proclamation as a saint by Catholicos-Patriarch Gewargis III in late 2019. He is commemorated by the Assyrian tradition on May 1.