Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or major archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Trivandrum, India. Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, presides over the as of 2020. The cathedra is at St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Catholic Cathedral in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a metropolitan see with four suffragan eparchies.

Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum
Location
MetropolitanThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Statistics
Parishes217
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyro-Malankara Catholic Church
RiteSyro-Malankara Rite
Patron saintSaint Peter
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopBaselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos
Auxiliary BishopsMathews Mar Polycarpus
Website
catholicate.net

History

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

Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum and Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was elected Major Archbishop of Trivandrum in 2007.

Statistics

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

References
  1. "Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Malankarese)". catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2008" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 26 April 2010. Information sourced from Annuario Pontificio 2008 edition.
  3. "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.

Seminaries

8.4333°N 76.9167°E / 8.4333; 76.9167

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