Eparchy of Gran Bretagna
Magnae Britanniae Syro-Malabarensium
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Syro-Malabar Church · Gran Bretagna, United Kingdom
The Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain serves Syro-Malabar rite Catholics throughout Great Britain. It was erected on 28 July 2016 by Pope Francis as the first Syro-Malabar eparchy in the country, with its seat at St Alphonsa Cathedral in Preston. Mar Joseph Srampickal was ordained its first eparch at Preston on 9 October 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 28 July 2016
- Latin
- Magnae Britanniae Syro-Malabarensium
- Annuario code
- 001000532
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Joseph Srampickal
- Born
- 30 May 1967
- Birthplace
- Poovarany
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Alphonsa Cathedral, Preston stands in Gran Bretagna, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].