Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shamshabad, India 🇮🇳 (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Shamshabad / Shamshabaden(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Adilabad

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thomas, Saint John Paul II

History

2017.10.10: Established as Diocese of Shamshabad / Shamshabaden(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
2020.12: Became suffragan of Ernakulam–Angamaly
2025.08.28: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shamshabad / Shamshabaden(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Adilabad and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalyan, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ujjain, Diocese of Adilabad, Diocese of Bhadravathi, Diocese of Bijnor, Diocese of Chanda, Diocese of Gorakhpur, Diocese of Jagdalpur, Diocese of Rajkot, Diocese of Sagar and Diocese of Satna)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.08.28 – ...):	Archbishop Antony Prince Panengaden (49)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.08.25 – ...):	Bishop Joseph Kollamparambil (70) Titular Bishop of Bencenna
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.08.25 – ...):	Bishop Thomas Padiyath (56) Titular Bishop of Mibiarca

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Archbishop Antony Prince Panengaden (49)
(2025.08.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Born:	1976.05.13 (Arimpur, India)
Ordained Priest:	2007.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.10.29

Priest of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2007.04.25 – 2015.08.06)

Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2015.08.06 – 2024.08.30)

Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2024.08.30 – 2025.08.28)

Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2024.11.10 – 2025.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishops of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Antony Prince Panengaden (49) (later Archbishop)
(2024.08.30 – 2025.08.28)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Kollamparambil (70)
(Archiepiscopal Administrator 2024.01.13 – 2024.08.30)

Bishop Raphael Thattil (69) (later Major Archbishop)
(2017.10.10 – 2024.01.09)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)
President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church

To be broken and given

Born:	1956.04.21 (Trichur, India)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.10

Priest of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1980.12.21 – 2010.01.18)

Titular Bishop of Buruni (2010.01.18 – 2017.10.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2010.01.18 – 2017.10.10)

Apostolic Visitator in India outside the proper territory of the Syro-Malabars (2013.12.23 – 2017.10.10)

Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2017.10.10 – 2024.01.09)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) ([2024.01.09] 2024.01.09 – ...)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (2024.01.09 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Kukatpally, Telangāna

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 50,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes, 69 missions

Personnel: 36 priests (16 diocesan, 20 religious), 114 religious (20 brothers, 94 sisters), 24 seminarians

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