Suffragan eparchy Battery, India
Eparchy of Battery
Batterien(sis)
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic eparchy based at Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad, Kerala, India, created in 1978 by bifurcation of the Diocese of Thiruvalla and formally inaugurated on 2 February 1979. It is a suffragan of the Syro-Malankara Archeparchy of Tiruvalla. Its seat is St. Thomas Malankara Catholic Cathedral in Bathery.
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- Established
- 1978
- Catholics
- 25,600
- Priests
- 82
- Territory
- 67,482 km²
Parishes and churches
99 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral St. Thomas SMCCCathedral · CathedralView parish
- Adackathode St. George SMCCAdackathodeView parish
- Ambukuthi St. Mary's SMCCAmbukuthiView parish
- Ayyankolly St.Thomas SMCCAyyankollyView parish
- Baderi St. Mary's SMCCBaderiView parish
- Boodhanam St. George SMCCBoodhanamView parish
- Cheengeri St.Mary's SMCCCheengeriView parish
- Cheeral St. Mary's SMCCCheeralView parish
- Chelivayal St. Mary's SMCCChelivayalView parish
- Cheroor St. Mary's SMCCCheroorView parish
- Cherukara St. Stephan's SMCCCherukaraView parish
- Cherupuzha St. George SMCCCherupuzhaView parish
- Chethalayam St. Mary's SMCCChethalayamView parish
- Chettappalam St. George SMCCChettappalamView parish
- Chippilithode St. Joseph's SMCCChippilithodeView parish
- Chockad St.Thomas SMCCChockadView parish
- Chulliyode Holy Family SMCCChulliyodeView parish
- Chungathara St. Mary's SMCCChungatharaView parish
- Devarshola St. Mary's SMCCDevarsholaView parish
- Edakkara St. George SMCCEdakkaraView parish
- Edakkome St. Paul's SMCCEdakkomeView parish
- Ellumannam St. Mary's SMCCEllumannamView parish
- Enanthi St.Thomas SMCCEnanthiView parish
- Engapuzha St. George SMCCEngapuzhaView parish
- Eralamoola St. George SMCCEralamoolaView parish
- Ettukudukka Lourde Matha SMCCEttukudukka Lourde MathaView parish
- Gudalur St. Paul's SMCCGudalurView parish
- Kallichal St. Mary's SMCCKallichalView parish
- Kalloor St. Mary's SMCCKalloorView parish
- Kalpetta St. Alphonsa SMCCKalpettaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Joseph Mar Thomas
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The cathedral
St. Thomas Malankara Catholic Cathedral, Bathery stands in Battery, 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.
History
At Sulthan Bathery in Kerala, India, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church maintains the Eparchy of Bathery. Its seat is St. Thomas Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral in Sulthan Bathery, and as of 2024 the bishop was Aboon Joseph Mar Thomas.