List of Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchies

The Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Catholic Church, traces its origin to apostolic times. Historically, the church developed as the Malankara Church, a suffragan of the Metropolis of Persia and India under the Church of the East and later elevated as the Metropolis of All India of the Church of the East in the seventh century by Patriarch Ishoʿyahb III.[1][2][3][4] It had the jurisdiction all over India.[5] After the Schism of 1552, the church was integrated with the Chaldean Catholic Church. The efforts of the Portuguese Padroado to liturgical latinisation under the Latin Church archidiocese that culminated in the Synod of Diamper in 1599, led to a suppression of the Syro-Malabar customs and rites, and liturgical Latinisation. In the 20th century, Syro-Malabar Catholics attained greater autonomy and were ultimately made a major archeparchal sui iuris church.

Eparchies

Archieparchies and Eparchies in proper territory
Ernakulam-Angamaly	Changanassery	Thrissur	Thalassery
Kothamangalam	Palai	Irinjalakkuda-Kodungallur	Thamarassery
Idukki	Kanjirappally	Palakkad	Mananthavady
	Thuckalay	Ramanathapuram	Belthangady
			Bhadravathi
			Mandya

Eparchy of Faridabad, near Delhi, also serves Haryana, (Indian) Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Uttar Pradesh
Eparchy of Hosur, in Tamil Nadu, established October 2017[6]
Eparchy of Shamshabad, includes the entire country of India not included in existing eparchies, established October 2017[6]

May 20, 1887 Two independent Vicariates of Kottayam (present Changanaseri¹) and Thrisur² for Syrians; Charles Lavigne and Adolf Medlycott were made Vicar Apostolic respectively (Quod Jampridem, Pope Leo XIII).

July 28, 1896 Vicariate of Ernakulam³ created, with territories from both Vicariates of Changanaseri and Thrissur and Bishop Louis Pazheparambil, Bishop Mathew Makkil, and Bishop John Menachery were made the bishops respectively (Quae Rei Sacrae, Pope Leo XIII).
August 29, 1911 Establishment of Kottayam⁴ Vicariate for the Knanaya (Suddists) Community of the Syrians.

December 21, 1923 Establishment of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy with Ernakulam as the Metropolitan See.

December 16, 1992 Establishment of Major Archiepiscopal see of Ernakulam-Angamaly
May 18, 1995 Eparchies of Thrisur and Thalaseri made Archieparchies.

February 3, 1998 Major Archiepiscopal Headquarters at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad.

August 21, 2007 Eparchy of Bhadravathi,²⁷ Karnataka (MCBS)
December 23, 2013 Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne established in and for Australia, also acting as Apostolic Visitator for neighbouring New Zealand

Wilmshurst, EOCE, 343
MS Vat Syr 22; Wilmshurst, EOCE, 343 and 391
Wallis Budge, The Monks of Kublai Khan, 122–3
Fiey, POCN, 96
MSS Vat Syr 204a and Paris BN Syr 25
"Provisions for the Syro-Malabar Church, 10.10.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.