Syro-Malankara Church

Eastern-Rite sui juris Catholic Church

Tradition: Antiochian Rite

Type: Major Archiepiscopal

Canonical Territory: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India

Population: 440,000

Official Languages: Syriac, Malayalam

 

Major Archdiocese: Trivandrum (India)

Synod: Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church

Jurisdictions (12): Major Archdioceses Major Archdiocese (1), Metr. Archdioceses Metr. Archdiocese (1), Dioceses Diocese (10)


Canada Canada: Saint Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada

India India: Trivandrum, Tiruvalla, Bathery, Marthandam, Mavelikkara, Moovatupuzha, Parassala, Pathanamthitta, Puthur, Saint Ephrem of Khadki, Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon

USA USA: Saint Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada

 

by Type | Titular Sees | Changes in Jurisdictions

Religious Orders (1):Order of the Imitation of Christ
Major Archbishop ([2007.02.08] 2007.02.10 – ...):Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (65)Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII

President of Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church

Bishop of Curia (2022.05.07 – ...):Bishop Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt (63)Bishop Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt (63)

Titular Bishop of Barcusus

Apostolic Visitator in Europe (2017.08.05 – ...):Bishop Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil (65)Bishop Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil (65)

Bishop of Moovatupuzha of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Apostolic Visitator in Oceania (2023.07.15 – ...):Bishop Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt (63)Bishop Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt (63)

Titular Bishop of Barcusus

Retired Major Archbishop Major Archbishop (1): Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (65)Thottunkal (Cardinal)

Retired Archbishop Archbishops (2)

Retired Bishop Bishops (15)

Living Prelates | Appointments | Officials

Last updated on 2024.12.24

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