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Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry

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Archdiocese of Tellicherry

Archidioecesis Tellicherriensis
Location
CountryIndia
Statistics
Area4,958 km2 (1,914 sq mi)[1]
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2020[1])
3,814,247
274,460[1] (7.2%)
Parishes254[1]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyro-Malabar Catholic Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
Established31 December 1953; 70 years ago (31 December 1953)
CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral in Palissery, Thalassery
Patron saintSaint Joseph[1]
Secular priests475 (304 diocesan, 171 religious)[1]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopRaphael Thattil
ArcheparchJoseph Pamplany
Bishops emeritus
Website
archdioceseoftellicherry.org
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The Archeparchy of Tellicherry (also anglicized as the Archdiocese of Thalassery) is a Syro-Malabar Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in India. The boundaries of the Thalassery ecclesiastical province were extended to include Mangalore, Chickmangalore, Mysore, Shimoga and Ootty as there were settlers in the neighbouring States. The diocese covers an area of 18,000 km² and a Catholic population of 273,826. Since 2022, Joseph Pamplany is the Metropolitan Archbishop.[2]

The ecclesiastical province came into existence on 31 December 1953 through the papal bull Ad Christi Ecclesiam Regendam issued by Pope Pius XII. The boundaries of the new diocese were the same as those of the Latin Church Diocese of Calicut. Later, as Syro-Malabar Catholics migrated even to the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the boundaries were extended to the present Latin Diocese of Mangalore, Chickmangalur, Mysore, Shimoga, and Ootacamund by a decree of the Holy See on April 29, 1955.

Malabar Migration

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The history of the Malabar Migration and that of the ecclesiastical province of Thalassery are closely connected. The Thalassery diocese took up the struggle of the settlers, who were mostly Syriac Rite Catholics not accustomed to Roman Rite ceremonies. Petitions were sent to the Holy See by the bishops of the settlers, who had migrated to the British Malabar since 1930, requesting for a diocese of their own. Cardinal Tisserant, the Prefect of the Oriental Congregation came to Malabar and personally saw the pitiable situation of the settlers. With the help of locals and priests, they started to make changes in the region.

Ordinaries

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Bishops and Archbishops

Ordinary Designation Year of appointment Last year of service
Sebastian Valloppilly Bishop 1956 1989
George Valiamattam Archbishop 1989 2014
George Njaralakatt Archbishop 2014 2022
Joseph Pamplany Archbishop 2022 present

Auxiliary Bishops

Ordinary Designation Year of appointment Last year of service
Joseph Pamplany Auxiliary Bishop 2017 2022


Suffagran eparchies

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  • Source: GCatholic[3]

Saints and causes for canonisation

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  • Armond Madhavath[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry, India (Syro-Malabar Rite) Info". 1 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Archeparchy)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)". 1 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ^ "The meeting of CCMSI". www.ofmcap.org. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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