Diocese of Thamarasserry, India 🇮🇳 (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Thamarasserry / Thamarasserren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tellicherry

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception Muttathupadathu

History

1986.04.28: Established as Diocese of Thamarasserry / Thamarasserren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tellicherry and became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1995.05.18: Became suffragan of Tellicherry

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.01.18 – ...):

Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil (64)
(2010.01.18 – ...)

Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Born:	1961.07.26 (Vettilappara, India)
Ordained Priest:	1987.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.08

Priest of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1987.12.12 – 2010.01.18)

Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2010.01.18 – ...)

Bishop Paul Chittilapilly
(1996.11.11 – 2010.01.18)

Born:	1934.02.07 (Mattom, India)
Ordained Priest:	1961.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.08.24
Died:	2020.09.06 (Kozhikode, India † 86)

Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1988.04.30 – 1996.11.11)

Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2010.01.18)

Bishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy (later Archbishop)
(1995.05.18 – 1996.11.11)

Until Christ is formed in you

Born:	1930.12.13 (Vilakumadam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.05.01
Died:	2025.09.17 (Thrissur, India † 94)

Priest of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1956.12.22 – 1973.03.01)

Bishop of Mananthavady of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1973.03.01 – 1995.05.18)

Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1995.05.18 – 1996.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2007.01.22)

Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary
(1986.04.28 – 1994.06.11)

Born:	1929.03.09 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1955.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.01.06
Died:	1994.06.11 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs (1969.11.15 – 1986.04.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1969.11.15 – 1986.04.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1984 – 1985.04.23)

Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1986.04.28 – 1994.06.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Mary Matha Cathedral, Thamarassery, Kerala

Tellicherry (↖), Mananthavady (↑)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 5,893 km²

Population: 156,600 Catholics (2.1% of 7,410,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 128 parishes

Personnel: 301 priests (166 diocesan, 135 religious), 1,977 religious (192 brothers, 1,785 sisters), 46 seminarians

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