Diocese of Thuckalay, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Thuckalay / Thuckalayen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Changanacherry

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Holy Mary Mother of Christ and Image of the Church, St. Geevarghese Sahada

History

1996.11.11: Established as Diocese of Thuckalay / Thuckalayen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry and became suffragan of Changanacherry)
2017.10.09: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.08.24 – ...):

Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. (56)
(2012.08.24 – ...)

Bishop of Thuckalay of the Syro-Malabars (India)

He has done great things to me

Born:	1968.04.14 (Padanthalumoodu, India)
Ordained Priest:	2003.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.16

Bishop of Thuckalay of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2012.08.24 – ...)

Bishop George Alencherry (79) (later Cardinal)
(1996.11.11 – 2011.05.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
Major Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)
former President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church

Service in dialogue of truth and love

Born:	1945.04.19 (Thuruthy, Kottayam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1972.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.02.02
Created Cardinal:	2012.02.18

Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (? – 2011.05.25)

Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1972.11.19 – 1996.11.11)

Bishop of Thuckalay of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2011.05.24)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) ([2011.05.24] 2011.05.25 – 2023.12.07)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (2011.05.25 – 2023.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (2012.02.18 [2012.10.14] – ...)

Special Churches

Pro-Cathedral: Church of the Sacred Heart, Padanthalumoodu, Tamil Nādu

Changanacherry (↖), Kanjirapally (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,794 km²

Population: 31,110 Catholics (1.5% of 2,131,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes

Personnel: 81 priests (56 diocesan, 25 religious), 314 religious (25 brothers, 289 sisters), 25 seminarians

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