Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese , Proper archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop

Name: Ernakulam–Angamaly / Ernakulamen(sis)–Angamalien(sis) (Latin)

Governed by: Major Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly

Suffragan Sees: Faridabad, Hosur, Idukki, Kothamangalam, Shamshabad

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus

History

1896.07.28: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ernakulam / Ernakularmen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Trichur and from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam)
1911.08.29: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam
1923.12.21: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam / Ernakularmen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Changanacherry, Kottayam and Trichur)
1950.07.25: Gained suffragan see Palai
1953.12.31: Gained suffragan see Tellicherry
1956.07.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kothamangalam and gained suffragan see Kothamangalam
1959.01.10: Lost suffragan sees Changanacherry and Palai
1973.03.01: Gained suffragan see Mananthavady
1974.06.27: Gained suffragan see Palghat
1978.06.22: Gained suffragan see Irinjalakuda
1986.04.28: Gained suffragan see Thamarasserry
1992.12.16: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly / Ernakulamen(sis)–Angamalien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Major Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly)
1995.05.18: Lost suffragan sees Irinjalakuda, Mananthavady, Palghat, Tellicherry, Thamarasserry and Trichur
2002.12.19: Gained suffragan see Idukki
2005.05.09: Lost suffragan see Kottayam
2020.12: Gained suffragan sees Faridabad, Hosur and Shamshabad

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.02)

Present Prelates

Major Archbishop ([2024.01.09] 2024.01.09 – ...):	Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil (68) President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church
Apostolic Administrator (2023.12.07 – ...):	Bishop Bosco Puthur (78) Bishop emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Bosco Puthur (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.12.07 – ...)

Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (72)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2022.07.30 – 2023.12.07)

Bishop Jacob Manathodath (77)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2018.06.22 – 2019.06.27)

Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1996.11.11 – 1999.12.18)

Cardinal Antony Padiyara
(1985.04.23 – 1992.12.16)

Servire et lætitia

Born:	1921.02.11 (Manimala, India)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.16
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28
Died:	2000.03.23 (Kochin, India † 79)

Priest of Coimbatore (India) (1945.12.19 – 1955.07.03)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (1955.07.03 – 1970.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1970.06.14 – 1985.04.23)

Apostolic Visitator in India outside the proper territory of the Syro-Malabars (1978.09.08 – 1985.04.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1985.04.23 – 1992.12.16)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1985.04.23 – 1992.12.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1988.06.28 – 2000.03.23)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1992.12.16 – 1996.11.11)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1995 – 1996.11.11)

Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary
(Apostolic Administrator 1984 – 1985.04.23)

Cardinal Joseph Parecattil
(1956.07.20 – 1984.01.30)

Da quod jubes

Born:	1912.04.01 (Kindagoor, India)
Ordained Priest:	1939.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.11.30
Created Cardinal:	1969.04.28
Died:	1987.02.20 (Cochin, India † 74)

Priest of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1939.08.24 – 1953.10.28)

Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs (1953.10.28 – 1956.07.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1953.10.28 – 1956.07.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1956.07.20 – 1984.01.30)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1969 – 1985)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1969.04.30 – 1987.02.20)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (1972 – 1976)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law (1972 – 1987)

Archbishop Augustine Kandathil
(1923.12.21 – 1956.01.10)

Born:	1874.08.25 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1901.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.12.03
Died:	1956.01.10 († 81)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1911.08.29 – 1919.12.09)

Titular Bishop of Arad (1911.08.29 – 1923.12.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1919.12.09 – 1923.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1923.12.21 – 1956.01.10)

Vicars Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Augustine Kandathil (later Archbishop)
(1919.12.09 – 1923.12.21)

(see above)

Bishop Aloysius Pareparambil
(1896.08.11 – 1919.12.09)

Born:	1847.03.25 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1870.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.10.25
Died:	1919.12.09 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tium (1896.08.11 – 1919.12.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1896.08.11 – 1919.12.09)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Augustine Kandathil (later Archbishop) (1911.08.29 – 1919.12.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jose Puthenveettil (63) (2013.08.23 – 2019.08.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sebastian Adayanthrath (67) (2002.02.04 – 2019.08.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Chakiath (87) (1998.01.19 – 2012.09.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jacob Manathodath (77) (1992.09.06 – 1996.11.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary (1969.11.15 – 1986.04.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Parecattil (later Cardinal) (1953.10.28 – 1956.07.20)
Archiepiscopal Vicar: Archbishop Antony Kariyil, C.M.I. (74) (2019.08.30 – 2022.07.30)

Syro-Malabar Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Ernakulam–Angamaly

India