Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Syro-Malabar
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Trichur / Thrissur / Trichurien(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Irinjalakuda, Palghat, Ramanathapuram
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.01.22 – ...): | Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (73) President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India |
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.09.01 – ...): | Bishop Tony Neelankavil (57) Titular Bishop of Masuccaba |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) To be with him and to be sent forth
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Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy (94) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)
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Archbishop Joseph Kundukulam
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Bishops of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Joseph Kundukulam (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop George Alapatt
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Bishop Francis Vazhapilly
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Vicars Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Francis Vazhapilly (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Giovanni Menachery
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Bishop Adolphus Edwin Medlycott
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Area: 2,000 km²
Population: 445,000 Catholics (14.2% of 3,141,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 220 parishes, 40 missions
Personnel: 635 priests (368 diocesan, 267 religious), 3,541 religious (386 brothers, 3,155 sisters), 97 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.12.15
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