List of Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchies

The Syro Malabar Church traces its origin to Apostolic times. Historically the Church developed as a suffragan see ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^{[citation needed]} of the Metropolis of Persia and India under the Church of the East and later raised as the independent^{[citation needed]} Metropolis of All India of the Church of the East^[1] in the seventh century by Patriarch Mar Ishoʿyahb III. It had had the jurisdiction all over India.^[1]^{[citation needed]} After the Schism of 1552, the Church stood with the Chaldean Catholic Church. The efforts of the Portuguese Padroado to bring the Eastern Church under the Latin Rite hierarchy that culminated in the infamous Synod of Diamper in 1599, led to the eventual subjugation of the Church under European yoke. Following the struggles of the Church to regain its autonomy, it was raised as a sui juris Eastern Catholic Church in 1992.

Here is the list of all eparchies under this Major Archiepischopal Church in the contemporary period. There are 35 eparchies around the world with Ernakulam-Angamaly as its Major Archiepiscopal See.

Archieparchies and Eparchies in Proper Territory
	Ernakulam-Angamaly	Changanassery	Thrissur	Thalassery
1	Kothamangalam	Palai	Irinjalakkuda-Kodungallur	Thamarassery
2	Idukki	Kanjirappally	Palakkad	Mananthavady
3		Thuckalay	Ramanathapuram	Belthangady
4				Bhadravathi
5				Mandya

Eparchies Outside Kerala

Exempt jurisdictions

Eparchy of Faridabad, near Delhi, also serves Haryana, (Indian) Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Uttar Pradesh
Eparchy of Hosur, in Tamil Nadu, established October 2017^[6]
Eparchy of Shamshabad, includes the entire country of India not included in existing eparchies, established October 2017^[6]

Outside India

Eparchy of Mississauga, for Canada
Eparchy of Melbourne, for Australia
Eparchy of Chicago, for the USA
Eparchy of Great Britain in Preston, England for England, Wales & Scotland

Timeline

May 20, 1887 Two independent Vicariates of Kottayam (present Changanaseri¹) and Thrisur² for Syrians; Charles Lavigne and Adolf Medlycott were made Vicar Apostolic respectively (Quod Jampridem, Pope Leo XIII).
- September 16, 1890 Seat of Kottayam Vicariate moved to Changanaseri.
July 28, 1896 Vicariate of Ernakulam³ created, with territories from both Vicariates of Changanaseri and Thrissur and Bishop Louis Pazheparambil, Bishop Mathew Makkil, and Bishop John Menachery were made the bishops respectively (Quae Rei Sacrae, Pope Leo XIII).
August 29, 1911 Establishment of Kottayam⁴ Vicariate for the Knanaya (Suddists) Community of the Syrians.
- December 21, 1923 Establishment of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy with Ernakulam as the Metropolitan See.
July 25, 1950 Eparchy of Pala⁵
December 31, 1953 Eparchy of Thalaseri⁶
- July 26, 1956 Changanaseri made Archiparchy
January 10, 1957 Eparchy of Kothamangalam⁷
March 31, 1962 Eparchy of Chanda,⁸ Maharashtra (CMI)
July 29, 1968 Eparchy of Sagar,⁹ Madhya Pradesh (CMI)
July 29, 1968 Eparchy of Satna,¹⁰ Madhya Pradesh (VC)
July 29, 1968 Eparchy of Ujjain,¹¹ Madhya Pradesh (MST)
March 23, 1972 Eparchy of Bijnor,¹² Uttarakhand (CMI)
March 23, 1972 Eparchy of Jagdalpur,¹³ Chattisgargh (CMI)
March 1, 1973 Eparchy of Mananthavady¹⁴
June 20, 1974 Eparchy of Palakkad¹⁵
February 25, 1977 Eparchy of Rajkot¹⁶, Gujarat (CMI)
February 26, 1977 Eparchy of Kanjirappally¹⁷
June 22, 1978 Eparchy of Irinjalakkuda¹⁸
June 19, 1984 Eparchy of Gorakhpur,¹⁹ Uttar Pradesh (CST)
April 28, 1986 Eparchy of Thamaraseri²⁰
April 30, 1988 Eparchy of Kalyan,²¹ Maharashtra
- December 16, 1992 Establishment of Major Archiepiscopal see of Ernakulam-Angamaly
- May 18, 1995 Eparchies of Thrisur and Thalaseri made Archieparchies.
November 11, 1996 Eparchy of Thuckalay,²² Tamil Nadu
- February 3, 1998 Major Archiepiscopal Headquarters at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad.
April 24, 1999 Eparchy of Belthangady,²³ Karnataka
July 23, 1999 Eparchy of Adilabad,²⁴ Andhra Pradesh (CMI)
July 6, 2001 Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago,²⁵ USA.
December 19, 2002 Eparchy of Idukki²⁶
- May 9, 2005 Eparchy of Kottayam made Archieparchy.
August 21, 2007 Eparchy of Bhadravathi,²⁷ Karnataka (MCBS)
December 23, 2013 Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne established in and for Australia, also acting as Apostolic Visitator for neighbouring New Zealand

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 MSS Vat Syr 204a and Paris BN Syr 25
↑ Wilmshurst, EOCE, 343
↑ MS Vat Syr 22; Wilmshurst, EOCE, 343 and 391
↑ Wallis Budge, The Monks of Kublai Khan, 122–3
↑ Fiey, POCN, 96
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Provisions for the Syro-Malabar Church, 10.10.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

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[ReferenceA-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 MSS Vat Syr 204a and Paris BN Syr 25

[2] Wilmshurst, EOCE, 343

[3] MS Vat Syr 22; Wilmshurst, EOCE, 343 and 391

[4] Wallis Budge, The Monks of Kublai Khan, 122–3

[5] Fiey, POCN, 96

[pr20171010-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "Provisions for the Syro-Malabar Church, 10.10.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

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