Diocese of Marthandam, India (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malankara (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Marthandam / Marthandom / Marthandomen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Trivandrum

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Tarsus, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus

History

1996.12.16: Established as Diocese of Marthandam / Marthandom / Marthandomen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Trivandrum and became suffragan of Trivandrum)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.01.25 – ...):

Bishop Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Marthandam (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Bishop Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai (61)
(2010.01.25 – ...)

Bishop of Marthandam of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Born:	1964.01.22 (Anakkarai, India)
Ordained Priest:	1991.01.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.03.13

Priest of Marthandam of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1991.01.02 – 2010.01.25)

Bishop of Marthandam of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2010.01.25 – ...)

Bishop Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor (80)
(1998.04.16 – 2010.01.25)

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

To love God and neighbour

Born:	1944.05.19 (Kadammanitta, India)
Ordained Priest:	1973.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.29

Bishop of Marthandam of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1998.04.16 – 2010.01.25)

Bishop of Pathanamthitta of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2010.01.25 – 2019.06.07)

Bishop Lawrence Ephraem Thottam
(1996.12.16 – 1997.04.08)

Born:	1928.05.15 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1953.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.12.27
Died:	1997.04.08 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Barcusus (1980.11.06 – 1996.12.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1980.11.06 – 1996.12.16)

Bishop of Marthandam of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1996.12.16 – 1997.04.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Christuraja Cathedral, Marthandam, Tamil Nādu

Parassala (←), Trivandrum (↖)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 1,665 km²

Population: 71,400 Catholics (3.0% of 2,406,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 97 parishes

Personnel: 66 priests (59 diocesan, 7 religious), 252 religious (7 brothers, 245 sisters), 33 seminarians

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