Syro-Malabar Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Trichur

India India

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Trichur / Thrissur / Trichurien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Irinjalakuda, Palghat, Ramanathapuram

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.01.22 – ...):Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (72)Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (72)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Auxiliary Bishop (2017.09.01 – ...):Bishop Tony Neelankavil (57)Bishop Tony Neelankavil (57)

Titular Bishop of Masuccaba

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (72)Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (72)
(2007.01.22 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

To be with him and to be sent forth

Born:1951.12.13 (Pudukad, India)
Ordained Priest:1977.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:2004.05.01

Priest of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1977.03.14 – 2004.03.18)

Titular Bishop of Aptuca (2004.03.18 – 2007.01.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2004.03.18 – 2007.01.22)

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

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2014.02.12 – 2018.02.09)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2022.07.30 – 2023.12.07)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2022.11.11 – ...)

Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy (93)Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy (93)
(1996.11.11 – 2007.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Until Christ is formed in you

Born:1930.12.13 (Vilakumadam, India)
Ordained Priest:1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1973.05.01

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)

Archbishop Joseph Kundukulam
(1995.05.18 – 1996.11.11)

Born:1917.09.26 (India)
Ordained Priest:1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1970.08.16
Died:1998.04.25 († 80)

Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1970.06.04 – 1995.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1995.05.18 – 1996.11.11)

Bishops of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Joseph Kundukulam (later Archbishop)
(1970.06.04 – 1995.05.18)

(see above)

Bishop George Alapatt
(1944.03.11 – 1970.06.04)

Born:1900.02.11 (India)
Ordained Priest:1927.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1944.05.01
Died:1973.11.06 († 73)

Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1944.03.11 – 1970.06.04)

Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria (1970.06.14 – 1971.05.11)

Bishop Francis Vazhapilly
(1923.12.21 – 1942.05.12)

Born:1878.05.18 (India)
Ordained Priest:1906.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1921.07.06
Died:1942.05.12 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Philadelphia (1921.04.05 – 1923.12.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1921.04.05 – 1923.12.21)

Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1923.12.21 – 1942.05.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Francis Vazhapilly
(1921.04.05 – 1923.12.21)

(see above)

Bishop Giovanni Menachery
(1896.08.11 – 1919.12.19)

Born:1857.06.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1883.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:1896.10.25
Died:1919.12.19 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Paralus (1896.08.11 – 1919.12.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1896.08.11 – 1919.12.19)

Bishop Adolphus Edwin Medlycott
(1887.09.13 – 1896)

Born:1838.05.15 (Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:1861.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:1887.12.11
Died:1918.05.04 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1887.09.13 – 1896)

Titular Bishop of Tricomia (1887.09.13 – 1918.05.04)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Palghat (↗), Irinjalakuda (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

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

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