Diocese of Mavelikkara, India 🇮🇳 (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malankara (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Trivandrum

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tiruvalla (↑), Pathanamthitta (→), Trivandrum (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Mary the Mother of God

History

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.05.30 – ...):

Bishop Geevarghese Mathew Manakarakavil (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mavelikkara (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Bishop Geevarghese Mathew Manakarakavil (70)
(2025.05.30 – ...)

Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Born:	1955.11.10 (Puthur, India)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.07.15

Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1982.12.18 – 2022.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Canatha (2022.05.07 – 2025.05.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2022.05.07 – 2025.05.30)

Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2025.05.30 – ...)

Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil (75)
(2007.01.02 – 2025.05.30)

Bishop emeritus of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Born:	1950.05.24 (Kizhakketheruvu, India)
Ordained Priest:	1978.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.29

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 – 2025.05.30)

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

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Mavelikara, Kerala

Tiruvalla (↑), Pathanamthitta (→), Trivandrum (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

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

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