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Suffragan eparchy Hosur, India

Eparchy of Hosur

Hosuren(sis)

Syro-Malabar Church

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.

On the map

Esri
Hosur, India, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
2017
Catholics
50,000
Priests
22
Territory
54,303 km²

Parishes and churches

25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Eparch
Mar Sebastian Pozholiparampil
Born
1 September 1957
Birthplace
Pullur

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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.

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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.