Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla

Archdiocese of Tiruvalla Tiruvallensis
St. John's Cathedral
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Tiruvalla
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 5555000 37486 (0.7%)
Parishes	133
Information
Rite	Syro-Malankara Rite
Established	11 June 1932
Cathedral	St. John's Cathedral
Secular priests	137
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Mar Koorilos
Auxiliary Bishops	Philipos Stephanos Thottathil
Website
tiruvallaarchdiocese.org

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in Tiruvalla, in Kerala, India. Metropolitan Archbishop Aboon Mor Thomas Koorilos currently presides. The seat of the eparchy is at St. John's Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral in Tiruvalla, a circular edifice designed by a British architect.

History

Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas Mar Koorilos releases the Directory of Malankara Catholics in Oman

The eparchy of Tiruvalla was erected in 1932, and raised to the status of an archeparchy in 2006. Its suffragan eparchies are those of Bathery, Muvattupuzha, and Puthil.^[1]

Current bishops

The Metropolitan of Tiruvalla is Thomas Mar Koorilos, appointed in 2007. Auxiliary Bishop Philipose Mar Stephanos was appointed in 2010. Bishop Philipose Mar Stephanos hails from Paramel Family.

Statistics

As of 2008, the archeparchy has an estimated 37,486 faithful, in 133 parishes, with 106 diocesan priests, 25 religious priests, 54 religious brothers, 267 religious sisters, and 33 seminarians.^[2]

The diocese of Tiruvalla took the initiative in founding the St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, a constituent college of the University of Kottayam, which specialises in Syriac studies.

References

↑ "Archeparchy of Tiruvalla (Malankarese)". catholic-hierarchy.org.
↑ Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2008" (PDF). Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 26 April 2010. Information sourced from Annuario Pontificio 2008 edition.

External links

Archeparchy info from the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church website
Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla Official website
About the Archeparchy
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Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Hierarchy

Major Archeparchy	Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum

Archeparchies	Archeparchy of Tiruvalla

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