Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Syro-Malankar (Antiochian)
Type: Major Archdiocese
Name: Trivandrum / Thiruvananthapuram / Trivandren(sis) Syrorum Malankarensium (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Marthandam, Mavelikkara, Parassala, Pathanamthitta, Saint Ephrem of Khadki
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Patron Saint: Saint Peter
Address: Major Archbishop’s House, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram 695004, Kerala, India
Phone: (0471)2541.642; 2541.643
Major Archbishop ([2007.02.08] 2007.02.10 – ...): | Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (65) Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII President of Synod of the Syro-Malankarese Church |
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.05.07 – ...): | Bishop Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil (68) Titular Bishop of Canatha |
Major Archbishops of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankar Rite) | ||||||||||
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal) (65) Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII
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Major Archbishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil (Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C.)
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Metropolitans of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankar Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. (later Major Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C.
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Venerable Archbishop Geevarghese Ivanios Giorgio Tommaso Panickerveetil, O.I.C.
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Area: 4,044 km²
Population: 186,000 Catholics (4.8% of 3,862,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 217 parishes
Personnel: 116 priests (diocesan), 716 religious (87 brothers, 629 sisters), 38 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.13
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