Eparchy of Hosur
Hosuren(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Hosur, India
The Eparchy of Hosur is a Syro-Malabar eparchy in Tamil Nadu, India, erected on 10 October 2017, within the province of the Archeparchy of Trichur. Its seat is St Antony's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Church in Noothenchery. Mar Sebastian Pozholiparampil is its first and current eparch.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 10 October 2017
- Latin
- Hosuren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005078
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,000
- Priests
- 22
- Catholics per priest
- 2,273
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Sebastian Pozholiparampil
- Born
- 1 September 1957
- Birthplace
- Pullur
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Antony's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Church, Noothenchery stands in Hosur, 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.
The province of Trichur
A suffragan of Trichur.
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of TrichurTrichur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established by Pope Francis on 10 October 2017, the Eparchy of Hosur-Mylapore is an Eastern Syriac Catholic eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church headquartered in Tamil Nadu, India. Mar Sebastian Pozholiparampil was appointed its first bishop. St. Antony's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Church at Noothenchery serves as the cathedral, while the bishop's chancellory is at St. Thomas Pastoral Centre Ayanavaram. The Syro Malabar Church is not a language-based community.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].