Eastern metropolitan see Changanacherry, India
Archeparchy of Changanacherry
Changanacherren(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
The Archeparchy of Changanacherry is a Syro-Malabar metropolitan archeparchy in Kerala, India, one of the two original Syro-Malabar vicariates created by Pope Leo XIII in 1887, made an eparchy in 1923 and an archeparchy on 29 July 1956. Its seat is St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral in Changanassery, and its suffragans are Palai, Kanjirappally and Thuckalay. Mar Thomas Tharayil has been metropolitan archbishop since 2024.
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- Established
- 1887
- Catholics
- 402,275
- Priests
- 508
- Territory
- 8,450 km²
Parishes and churches
261 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Francis Assissi ChurchPoonthoppeView parish
- St. Francis De Sales ChurchKiliroorView parish
- St. Francis De Sales Church-MSFSVattiyoorkavuView parish
- St. GeorgeCheeramattomView parish
- St. George Catholic Church (Chakkarakadavu)PuthenangadyView parish
- St. George ChurchCheeranchiraView parish
- St. George ChurchEdappalayamView parish
- St. George ChurchMuttarView parish
- St. George ChurchVadakke AmichakaryView parish
- St. George Forane ChurchEdathuaView parish
- St. George Forane ChurchMuhammaView parish
- St. George’s ChurchThottackadView parish
- St. George’s ChurchVenchempuView parish
- St. George’s Forane ChurchAmbooriView parish
- St. Gregorios ChurchKidangaraView parish
- St. Gregorios ChurchMannarkunnuView parish
- St. Gregory’s ChurchVeliyanadu (Kesaria)View parish
- St. James ChurchKarikkattoorView parish
- St. Jerome ChurchNazarethView parish
- St. John Nepumseanos ChurchKumarakom VadakumkaraView parish
- St. John Paul II Youth CentreKazhakkoottamView parish
- St. John the Baptist ChurchKottangalView parish
- St. John The Baptist Forane ChurchNedumkunnamView parish
- St. John’s ChurchThekkekaraView parish
- St. JosephThekke Puthukary (Puthukary)View parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchKoduppunnaView parish
- St. Joseph's Church Pushpagiri ThellakomThellakomView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchEmmausView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchAnakulamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchArattuvazhyView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Thomas Tharayil
- Born
- 2 February 1972
- Birthplace
- Changanacherry
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The cathedral
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Changanassery stands in Changanacherry, 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
Covering 24,595 km2, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syriac: ܐܦܪܟܝܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܕܫܢܓܢܐܣܐܪܐ, romanized: Afarkaya Rabbta d-Shanganasara; Malayalam: ചങ്ങനാശ്ശേരി അതിരൂപത, romanized: Changanassery Atirūpata) is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church within the Catholic Church. Its territory takes in the Kerala districts of Kottayam (excluding Vaikom), Alappuzha (excluding Cherthala), Pathanamthitta, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram, together with Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.