Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Syro-Malabar
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Changanacherry / Changanassery / Changanacherren(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Kanjirapally, Palai, Thuckalay
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph
Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.08.30 – ...): | Archbishop Thomas Tharayil (Tomy) (52) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||||
Archbishop Thomas Tharayil (Tomy) (52) Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) Your grace is sufficient for me
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Archbishop Joseph Perumthotttam (76) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)
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Archbishop Joseph Powathil
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Archbishop Antony Padiyara (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Matthew Kavukattu
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Bishops of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Matthew Kavukattu (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop James Kalacherry (Kalassery)
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Bishop Thomas Kurialachery
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Vicars Apostolic of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Thomas Kurialachery (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Matthew Makil
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Area: 8,450 km²
Population: 402,275 Catholics (3.8% of 10,455,520 total)
Pastoral Centres: 248 parishes
Personnel: 460 priests (398 diocesan, 62 religious), 2,576 religious (202 brothers, 2,374 sisters), 125 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.06
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