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{{Infobox diocese<br />
| jurisdiction = Major Archdiocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese --><br />
| name = Trivandrum<br />
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| caption = The Catholicate Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, which <br /> houses the Major Archiepiscopal Curia<br />
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| metropolitan = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
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| population_as_of = 2012<br />
| catholics = <!-- Number of Catholics in the diocese --><br />
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| parishes = 217<br />
| churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --><br />
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| schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --><br />
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| patron = [[Saint Peter]]<br />
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| bishop_title = Major Archbishop<br />
| bishop = [[Baselios Cleemis|Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos]]<br />
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The '''Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum''' is a [[Diocese|Major Archdiocese]] of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]] in [[Trivandrum]], [[India]]. [[Baselios Cleemis]], the [[Major Archbishop]]-[[Catholicos]] of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]], presides over the [[Diocese|Major Archdiocese]] {{As of|2020|lc=y}}. The seat is at [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum|St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Catholic Cathedral, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The Archeparchy of Trivandrum was erected in 1932. Its suffragan eparchies are [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Marthandom|Marthandom]], [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Mavelikara|Mavelikara]], [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Pathanamthitta|Pathanamthitta]] and [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. Ephrem of Khadki|St. Ephrem of Khadki]].<ref name=hier>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtrml.html<br />
|publisher=catholic-hierarchy.org<br />
|title=Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Malankarese)<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Major Archbishop-Catholicos==<br />
[[Baselios Cleemis|Baselios Cardinal Cleemis]], [[Major Archbishop]] of Trivandrum and [[Catholicos]] of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was elected Major Archbishop of Trivandrum in 2007.<br />
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==Statistics==<br />
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.<ref name="cnewastat">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat08.pdf<br />
|author=Ronald Roberson<br />
|title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2008<br />
|publisher=Catholic Near East Welfare Association<br />
|accessdate=26 April 2010}} Information sourced from ''Annuario Pontificio'' 2008 edition.</ref><br />
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==Saints and causes for canonisation==<br />
*[[Geevarghese Ivanios]]<ref name="CCBI">{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|accessdate=Oct 17, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Seminaries==<br />
* [[St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary]]<br />
* [[St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum|St. Aloysius Seminary, Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.catholicate.net/pro_epar_trivan.html Archeparchy info] from the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church website<br />
* [http://www.malankaratvm.com/ Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum]<br />
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[[Category:Dioceses in Kerala]]<br />
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