Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly is a Syro-Malabar Catholic archdiocese in Ernakulam, Kerala, India. It is also the See of the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil is the present Major Archbishop. The archdiocese has two auxiliary bishops, Mar Thomas Chakiath and Mar Sebastian Edayanthrath.

It has a total Catholic population of about 445,377. The archdiocese has two suffragan dioceses, Kothamangalam and Idukki. Though the Syro Malabar Catholic church usually addresses itself as RC or Roman Catholic, that is not the most accurate description. The Roman Catholic Church in Kerala consists of The Latin Catholic Church, which is the predominanat denomination, followed by Syro Malabar and Syro-Malankara. The Pope is a Latin Catholic. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is a Latin Catholic Church.