Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum
Major Archeparchy of Thiruvananthapuram Trivandrensis Syrorum Malankarensium | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 217 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
| Rite | Syro-Malankara Rite |
| Established | 1932 |
| Patron saint | Saint Peter |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Mathews Mar Polycarpos |
| Website | |
| catholicate.net | |
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Thiruvananthapuram is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or major archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Thiruvananthapuram, India. Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, presides over the as of 2020[update]. The cathedra is at St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Catholic Cathedral in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Archeparchy of Thiruvananthapuram is a metropolitan see with four suffragan eparchies.
History
[edit]The Archeparchy of Trivandrum was erected in 1932. Its suffragan eparchies are Marthandom, Mavelikara, Pathanamthitta, Parassala and St. Ephrem of Khadki.[1]
Major Archbishop-Catholicos
[edit]Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram and Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was elected Major Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram in 2007.
Statistics
[edit]In 2020 the Archeparchy had an estimated 1,81,400 faithful, in 217 parishes, with 151 diocesan priests, 34 religious priests, 19 religious brothers, 642 religious sisters, and 89 seminarians.[2]
Saints and causes for canonisation
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Malankarese)". catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2008" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 26 April 2010. Information sourced from Annuario Pontificio 2008 edition.
- ^ "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.
Seminaries
[edit]External links
[edit]- Archeparchy info from the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church website
- Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church hierarchy | |
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| Major Archeparchy | |
| Metropolitan Archeparchies | |
| Suffragan Eparchies |
/ Under Tiruvalla : Eparchy of Bathery |
| Eparchies immediately subject to the Major Archbishop | |
