List of Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchies

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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 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 Archiepiscopal 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 Kottayam
1 Kothamangalam Palai Irinjalakkuda-Kodungallur Thamarassery
2 Idukki Kanjirappally Palakkad Mananthavady
3 Thuckalay Ramanathapuram Belthangady
4 Bhadravathi
5 Mandya

Eparchies outside Kerala[edit]

Exempt jurisdictions[edit]

Outside India[edit]

Timeline[edit]

  • 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 26, 1956 Changanaseri made Archiparchy
  • December 16, 1992 Establishment of Major Archiepiscopal see of Ernakulam-Angamaly
  • May 18, 1995 Eparchies of Thrisur and Thalaseri made Archieparchies.
  • February 3, 1998 Major Archiepiscopal Headquarters at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad.
  • May 9, 2005 Eparchy of Kottayam made Archieparchy.

References[edit]

  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
  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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