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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox diocese
| titleoverride = Niranam Diocese of
| bishopric = [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church]]
| border = Niranam Diocese
| image = koorilosethirumeni.jpg
| incumbent = [[Geevarghese Mor Coorilose]]
| style = His Eminence


| established = 1856
| cathedral = St. Gregorios Patriarchal Center, Parumala
| first_incumbent = [[Geevarghese Gregorios of Parumala]]

| website = {{url|niranamdiocese.org}}
}}
'''Niranam diocese''', the smallest and one of the oldest dioceses of the [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church]], is located in [[Niranam]], [[India]]. Niranam is one of the places where [[Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas the Apostle]] preached in the 1st century.<ref name="niranam diocese">{{Cite web|title=
Bishops|url=http://niranamdiocese.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=75|website=www.niranamdiocese.org}}</ref>

==History==

[[File:Raja Ravi Varma, Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala (1905).jpg|left|thumbnail|120px|The Portrait of Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala by Raja Ravi Varma Kept inside the St. John's Jacobite Syrian church Kumarakom.]]

Niranam diocese was established by [[Patriarch Peter IV]], the [[List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch]] during his apostolic visit to India in 1876 at the historic Mulanthuruthy Synod. [[Geevarghese Gregorios of Parumala]] was ordained as its first metropolitan. Later in 1987, Mor Gregorios declared a saint by [[Ignatius Zakka I]] [[List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch]] for Syriac Orthodox Church of India.<ref name="niranam diocese"/>

The Diocese of Niranam has now been made an independent diocese headquarter at St. Gregorios Church and the Patriarchal Center of Parumala. The Present Niranam Diocese Metropolitan is Geevarghese Mor Coorilose, who was consecrated as bishop on 3 July 2006 at St. Thomas Church of Paravur. The present Auxiliary Metropolitan is Geevarghese Mor Barnabas of Niranam Diocese.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mor Barnabas Geevarghese - biography|url=http://www.syriacchristianity.info/bio/MalankaraPrelates/bio_BarnabasGeev.htm|website=www.syriacchristianity.info}}</ref>

==Diocesan Metropolitans==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | List of Diocesan Metropolitan
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 8%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 8%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Metropolitan
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 53%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1973
| style="text-align: center;" | 1995
| '''Kuriakose Mor Koorilos'''
| Metropolitan of Niranam, Quilon and Thumpamon, entombed at Mor Ignatius Dayara, Adoor

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1995
| style="text-align: center;" | 1999
| '''[[Geevarghese Gregorios|Geevarghese Mor Gregorios]]'''
| Former Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese, Entombed at Perumpally Simhasana Church, Ernakulam

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1999
| style="text-align: center;" | 2000
| '''[[Baselios Thomas I|Thomas Mor Divanasios]]'''
| [[Catholicos of India]] and former [[Malankara Metropolitan|Metropolitan Trustee]]

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2000
| style="text-align: center;" | 2005
| '''[[Timotheos Thomas|Thomas Mor Timotheos]]'''
| Former Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2005
| style="text-align: center;" | 2005
| '''Markose Mor Koorilos'''
| Metropolitan of Niranam and Kandanad Diocese, Entombed at St. Mary’s Church Pangada, Kottayam

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2005
| style="text-align: center;" | 2007
| '''[[Gregorios Joseph|Joseph Mor Gregorios]]'''
| former Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2007
| style="text-align: center;" | Present
| '''[[Coorilose Geevarghese|Geevarghese Mor Coorilos]]'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Mor Barnabas Geevarghese - biography|url=http://www.syriacchristianity.info/bio/MalankaraPrelates/bio_BarnabasGeev.htm|website=www.syriacchristianity.info}}</ref>
| Present Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese

|}

==Parishes==
#Parumala St. Gregorios Church and Patriarchal Center, Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala
#Chennithala St. George Horeb Jacobite Syrian Church, Chennithala, Eramathoor P.O, Mannar Alapuzha Dist, Kerala - 689 622
#Anjilithanam, St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church Anjilithanam, Thiruvalla Pthanamthitta Dist, Kerala -689 101
#Cheppadu St. George Jacobite Syrian Church Cheppadu P.O, Alappuzha Dist, Kerala - 690 507
#Kallooppara, St. Gregorious Jacobite Syrian Church Kallooppara P.O., Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala
#Kavumbhagam, St. George Jacobite Syrian Church Kavumbhagam P.O, Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala - 689 101
#Kunnamthanam, St. Peters Jacobite Syrian Church Kunnamthanam P.O., Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala - 689 581
#Mazhuvangadu, St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church Mazhuvangadu P.O., Thiruvalla -1 Pathanamthitta Dist
#Mepral, St. Johns Jacobite Syrian Church Mepral P.O, Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala - 689 591
#Puramattam, St. George Jacobite Syrian Church Puramattam P.O., Eraviperoor, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta Dist Kerala - 689 543
#Paramkal, St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church Paramkal, Palakathakidy P.O., Kunnamthanam, Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.niranamdiocese.org/ Niranam Diocese]

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[[Category:Oriental Orthodoxy in India]]
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