Ecclesiastical titles and styles in the context of "Abbots"

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from abba, the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ab, and means "father". The female equivalent is abbess.

The Malankara Metropolitan, also known as the Metropolitan of Malabar, is an ecclesiastical title (title connected to the Christian Church) bestowed upon the head of the Malankara Syrian Church. It evolved from the sixteenth-century East Syriac metropolitans of India, who were also styled the Metropolitan of Malabar. Since the division among Saint Thomas Christians following the Synod of Diamper in 1599, the title has been primarily associated with the Syriac branch from the West, commonly known as the Malankara Church. Within this community, the office of the Malankara Metropolitan became the continuation of the local dynastic Archdeaconate.

The current Malankara Metropolitan is Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, who succeeded Baselios Marthoma Paulose II following his death on July 12, 2021.