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. Joseph’s ChurchChampakaraView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchChangankaryView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchChennamkary WestView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchEzhumattoorView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKandankaryView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKannadyView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKaruvattaView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKaryavattomView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKavalamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKayalpuramView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKoilmuckView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchkondackalView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchkuchapuramView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKunnamthanamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKurichy (Santhigiri)View parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKuttamangalamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchLaikkaduView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchMannanamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPadaharamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPhiligiriView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPunnakkunnathusseryView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchRamankaryView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVaipur NewView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVeliyanadu (North)View parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVeroorView parish
- St. Jude's ChurchAttingalView parish
- St. Jude's ChurchViruppala (Thakazhy)View parish
- St. Jude’s ChurchYudapuramView parish
- St. MartinChempakasseryView parish
- St. MartinChempakassery, ChampakulamView 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.