Syro-Malankara Titular Episcopal See of

Chayal

Rite: Syro-Malankara (Antiochian)

Name: Chayal (Italiano) / Chaialum (latine) / Chaialen(sis) (Latin)

Location: Nilackal, m. Trivandrum, India

1977: Established as Titular Episcopal See of Chayal (Italiano) / Chaialum (latine) / Chaialen(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop (2020.08.29 – ...):

Bishop Gheevarghese Aprem Kurisummottil (64)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Titular Bishop: Bishop Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (66) (later Cardinal) (2001.06.18 – 2003.09.11)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara (1977.10.11 – 1998.11.03)

Last updated on 2025.12.12