Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Syro-Malabar
Type: Metropolitan 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
Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus
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) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Bosco Puthur (78) | ||||||||||||
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (72) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Jacob Manathodath (77) | ||||||||||||
Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. (later Cardinal) | ||||||||||||
Cardinal Antony Padiyara
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Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary | ||||||||||||
Cardinal Joseph Parecattil
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Archbishop Augustine Kandathil
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Vicars Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Augustine Kandathil (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Aloysius Pareparambil
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Area: 1,500 km²
Population: 560,365 Catholics (11.1% of 5,035,100 total)
Pastoral Centres: 340 parishes
Personnel: 812 priests (417 diocesan, 395 religious), 5,158 religious (564 brothers, 4,594 sisters), 64 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.01
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