Kuriakose Mar Koorilose-VI was succeeded by Geeverghese Mar Koorilose-VII in 1948. He was the son of Cheeran Iyyob Kasesa who had been the Vicar General. After his high school education he joined the staff of the higher elementary school at Thozhiyur. In 1948 he was consecrated by Dr. Juhanon Mar Thoma with the assistance of Dr. Mathews Mar Athanasios Episcopa. He was the tenth Metropolitan of the Independent Church of Thozhiyur. One of the remark¬ able achievements of this period was the starting of a high school at Thozhiyur.

In those days there were no high schools within a radius of four miles of the church. On 23 April 1952 the Metropolitan laid the foundation stone of St. George’s High School. To obtain recognition, an endowment of Rs30,000 had to be instituted under the Madras Educational Rules since Thozhiyur was in the erstwhile Malabar district in the Madras presidency at that time. As the Church had not enough funds some of the church properties had to be given as security. Later on the properties were recovered, following payment as stipulated.
The Metropolitan participated in the Mar Thoma consecration ceremony of Dr.Alexander Mar Theophilos, Thomas Mar Athanasios and Philipose Mar Chrysostom in 1953 and also in the Silver Jubilee celebration of the consecration of Dr. Juhanon Mar Thoma and Dr.Mathews Mar Athanasios held in 1962.

The Metropolitan was a friend of the poor and needy. One day while he was staying at Pazhanji he heard of an aged man who had been rendered homeless. Moved by his pitiable plight he pleaded that people like him should not be left uncared for in that Christian centre. Later he managed to purchase a site to put up a Poor Home in the heart of the town itself. In June 1950 the foundation stone for the Home was laid with money from his own pocket. The Christians in the locality also contributed liberally and eventually a building to house three families was constructed. By September 1951 the construction of the Poor Home was completed and it was inaugurated by the Metropolitan himself.

Mar Koorilose VII took a keen interest in the education of the poor children. He raised a fund to award scholarships to deserving students. Once some members of the church council wanted to divert a portion of this fund for some other cause. But he refused to do so and said that the entire amount should be utilized for the cause of education as desired by the donors.
Mar Koorilose VII took a keen interest in the work of the Gospel Association. It was founded in 1948 with a view to conducting Sunday Schools, Sunday even¬ing meetings, and organizing house visiting to strengthen the spiritual life of the people. The clergy, the representatives of Sunday school teachers and voluntary Gospel workers were-and still are-all involved in it. The office bearers include the President and the Secretary who are elected from among the members. The President should be a clergy man. The members meet at least once in two months. Every year the accounts are audited and a budget for the following year is prepared and published and a copy of the same sent to the Council. In addition to the activities already mentioned, the work of the Gospel Association includes printing and free distribution of Bible reading cards, the conducting of annual camps for Sunday school children and teachers, retreats in parishes, an annual convention, and the conducting of a common examination for the Sunday Schools every year in December. The money for this comes from collections from the parishes, and from the Central Church Fund.

The Metropolitan suffered from heart trouble and his health caused anxiety. An assistant was badly needed and the general body of the church was convened on 30 December 1965 to elect a bishop. But Kunnamkulam parish being a small congregation was not given representation in the assembly. This led to a civil suit. As a result, the election was stayed by the High Court. However, early in 1967 the stay was lifted .The general body met again on 9 May 1967 and elected the Rev. Father Paul Thomas. By then the Metropolitan had become so weak that the election had to be conducted with the assistance of Thomas Mar Athanasios Episcopa of the Mar Thoma Church. Mar Koorilose- II passed away on 9 June 1967. In order to avoid any further litigation, the constitution was amended on 5 November 1967, providing representation even to small parishes in the municipal area with a strength of at least ten families.