Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum

Major Archeparchy of Thiruvananthapuram
Major Archeparchy of Thiruvananthapuram
Location
Metropolitan	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Statistics
Parishes	217
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Rite	Syro-Malankara Rite
Patron saint	Saint Peter
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos
Auxiliary Bishops	Mathews Mar Polycarpos
Website
	catholicate.net

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

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 Thiruvananthapuram and Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was elected Major Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram 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

Geevarghese Ivanios^[3]

References

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

Seminaries

External links

Archeparchy info from the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church website
Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum

8°26′00″N 76°55′00″E / 8.4333°N 76.9167°E / 8.4333; 76.9167

[hier-1] "Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Malankarese)". catholic-hierarchy.org.

[cnewastat-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.

[CCBI-3] "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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