Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery

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Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in India, under the Syro-Malabar Church. It is one of the first two Vicariates and the second Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Syro - Malabar Church. Changanassery was raised to the status of an Archdiocese on July 26, 1956 by Pope Pius XII constituting the second province in the Syro - Malabar Church.The archdiocese has a total Catholic population of about 3,80,000. It contains three dioceses, Pala, Kanjirappally, and Thuckalay. Mar Joseph Perumthottam is the current archbishop; Mar Joseph Powathil is the archbishop emeritus.

[edit] Suffragan dioceses

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay

[edit] Bishops and Archbishops

 [2007-               Mar Joseph Perumthottam

[edit] External links

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