Diocese of Mavelikkara, India (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Rite: Syro-Malankara (Antiochian)

Name: Mavelikkara / Mavelikara / Mavelikaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Trivandrum

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Patron Saint: Mary the Mother of God

2007.01.02: Established as Diocese of Mavelikkara / Mavelikara / Mavelikaren(sis) (Latin) (from Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum and became suffragan of Trivandrum)

Bishop (2007.01.02 – ...):

Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil (74)

Bishops of Mavelikkara (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil (74)
(2007.01.02 – ...)

Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1978.04.02 – 1998.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Nigizubi (1998.04.15 – 2007.01.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1998.04.15 – 2007.01.02)

Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2007.01.02 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2018.02.09 – 2022.11.11)

Area: 4,048 km²

Population: 28,300 Catholics (1.1% of 2,542,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 96 parishes

Personnel: 81 priests (67 diocesan, 14 religious), 174 religious (14 brothers, 160 sisters), 17 seminarians

Syro-Malankara Diocese of