Diocese of Parassala, India (Syro-Malankar Rite)

Rite: Syro-Malankar (Antiochian)

Name: Parassala / Parassalan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Trivandrum

2017.08.05: Established as Diocese of Parassala / Parassalan(us) (Latin) (from Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum and became suffragan of Trivandrum)

Bishop (2017.08.05 – ...):

Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil (63)

Bishops of Parassala (Syro-Malankar Rite)

Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil (63)
(2017.08.05 – ...)

Bishop of Parassala of the Syro-Malankars (India)

Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars (India) (1986.12.29 – 2010.07.14)

Titular Bishop of Lares (2010.07.14 – 2016.01.04)

Apostolic Visitator in Canada of the Syro-Malankars (2010.07.14 – 2016.01.04)

Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Syro-Malankars (2010.07.14 – 2017.08.05)

Bishop of Parassala of the Syro-Malankars (India) (2017.08.05 – ...)

Population: 37,700 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 104 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 51 priests (46 diocesan, 5 religious), 31 religious (6 brothers, 25 sisters), 21 seminarians

Syro-Malankar Diocese of