The Catholicate, which is the Holy See of the East, is the See of St. Thomas, the Apostle; the Catholicos is the legitimate successor of St. Thomas. The Catholicate of the East was established at the Jerusalem Synod in 231 A.D. The headquarters of the Church was first in Edessa in Persia. This was moved to Selucia, then to Tigris and Musal. It was transferred and restored in Malankara, India in 1912. The present headquarters is at Devalokam, Kottayam, Kerala, India. The Malankara Orthodox Church is recognized by all Christian churches and denominations, as an independent, indigenous and autocephalous Church. The Malankara Orthodox Church is present all over the world. His Holiness Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews II is the current head of the Indian Malankara Orthodox Church and he is the 89th successor of St. Thomas on his Apostolic Throne.