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. Mary’s Assum. ChurchEzhikkaraView parish
- St. Mary’s Catholic ChurchVilanguView parish
- St. Mary’s ChapelLeprosy Hospital (Chapel)View parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchAlangadView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchAlbuthapuramView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchAyyampuzhaView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchCarmelgiri (Moonnam)View parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchChandiroorView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchEdanadView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchEdayazham EastView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchElavoor (St. Mary)View parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKathikkudamView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKattikkunnuView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKottaparambuView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKudavechoorView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchMorakkalaView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchNarakkalView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchNeduvannoorView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchPalappillyView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchPeechanikkadView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchPlantation VIView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchThykkattu (Chapel)View parish
- St. Mary’s Forane ChurchKanjoorView parish
- St. Mary’s Forane ChurchKorattyView parish
- St. Mary’s Forane ChurchMookkannoorView parish
- St. Mary’s Forane ChurchMoozhikkulamView parish
- St. Mary’s Forane ChurchPallippuramView parish
- St. Mary’s Forane ChurchThripunithuraView parish
- St. Mary’s Forane Church, MuttamCherthalaView parish
- St. Mary’s R.C. ChurchMekkadView 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.