Major archiepiscopal Church Ernakulam-Angamaly, India
Diocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly
Ernakulamen(sis)-Angamalien(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
The Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala, India, is the see of the Major Archbishop and head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Established as a vicariate by Pope Leo XIII on 28 July 1896, it became the see of the Syro-Malabar hierarchy in 1923 and the major archiepiscopal see in 1992. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Ernakulam, with Kothamangalam and Idukki as suffragan eparchies.
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- Established
- 1896
- Catholics
- 653,670
- Priests
- 462
- Territory
- 1,500 km²
Parishes and churches
336 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Joseph’s ChurchCable NagarView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchChunangamvelyView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchEdayazham WestView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchEramalloorView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchJosepuramView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKadavanthraView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKalamasseryView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKaloor (Chapel)View parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKarayamparambuView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKarukunnuView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKodusseryView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKokkunnuView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKonoorView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKunnumpuramView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchMadakkalView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchNayathodeView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchNeendoorView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchNjaralloorView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPanavally NorthView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPuthiaroadView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchSanthigiri (Nalukettu)View parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchThannipuzhaView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchThavalaparaView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchThirunalloorView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchThottuvaView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchThuravoor SouthView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchUdayanapuramView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchUdayapuram (Chathakulam)View parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVaranam (Karikkad)View parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVazhakkalaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Raphael Thattil
- Born
- 21 April 1956
- Birthplace
- Thrissur
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The cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam stands in Ernakulam-Angamaly, 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
As the see of the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly holds the rank of major archeparchy, a status it has carried since 1992, when the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church was raised to a major archiepiscopal church with Ernakulam-Angamaly as the primatal see. Its major archbishop, the chief bishop of the jurisdiction, is at the same time the head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.