Who will be the Syro-Malabar Church’s next leader?

The bishops of the second-largest Eastern Catholic Church are choosing a new head.

The bishops of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church gathered in southern India Monday to begin the process of electing a new leader.

Cardinal George Alencherry attends the episcopal ordination of Mar Joseph Srampickal in Preston, England, on Oct. 9, 2016. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

The title of Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly fell vacant Dec. 7, when…