Holy See of the East of Rome also claims the title of the Catholicos and the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas. Patriarch Mar Addai II, is the Catholicos of the Ancient Church of the East. The current Seat of the Catholicos of Ancient Church of the East is in Baghdad, Iraq. The official title of the Head & Father of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is "the successor to the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas and the Gate of All India". The church is headed by the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Cardinal Maran Mar George Alencherry. The current Seat of the Major Archiepiscopal Curia
Holy See–Ireland relations Monsignor Luzio. In turn when Luzio returned to the Holy See he was reported to have said that when he came to Ireland to meet the 26 bishops in the country, he had instead "found 26 Popes". This was in part because the commencement of diplomatic relations after Ireland's War of Independence most Irish bishops felt that a nunciature would reduce their authority. Following the 1929 Lateran Treaty between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, other states including the Irish Free State exchanged envoys with the Holy See for the first time. Fianna Fáil deplored that the government