Suffragan eparchy Irinjalakuda, India
Eparchy of Irinjalakuda
Irinialakuden(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar (East Syriac rite) eparchy in Thrissur District, Kerala, India, suffragan of the Archeparchy of Thrissur. Erected 22 June 1978 by Pope Paul VI from territory of the Eparchy of Trichur. Its seat is Saint Thomas Cathedral, Irinjalakuda.
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- Established
- 1978
- Catholics
- 269,867
- Priests
- 350
- Territory
- 1,180 km²
Parishes and churches
157 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Augustine's ChurchMadathumpadyView parish
- St. Ephrem's ChurchPoyyaView parish
- St. Francis Assisi ChurchElinjipraView parish
- St. Francis Xavier's ChurchKaranchiraView parish
- St. Francis Xavier's ChurchPullurView parish
- St. Francis Xavier's ChurchXaviyurView parish
- St. George's ChurchAmbanoliView parish
- St. George’s (Quasi) ChurchRappalView parish
- St. George’s ChurchMothirakannyView parish
- St. George’s ChurchPariyaramView parish
- St. George’s ChurchPuthenvelikaraView parish
- St. James ChurchKaduppukaraView parish
- St. John Nepumcian Forane ChurchParappukaraView parish
- St. John the Baptist ChurchMoonnumuryView parish
- St. John’s ChurchKuthirathadamView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchAloorView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchChalakudy NorthView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchMaramcodeView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKaipamangalamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKakkulisseryView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchKodakara ForaneView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchMettipadamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchMurikkungalView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchMuriyadView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchOorakamView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPazhukaraView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPoovathusseryView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPuthenchira EastView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchThuravankunnuView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVallivattomView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Pauly Kannookadan
- Born
- 14 February 1961
- Birthplace
- Kuzhikattussery
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The cathedral
Saint Thomas Cathedral, Irinjalakuda stands in Irinjalakuda, 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
Within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur, the Eparchy of Irinjalakuda is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Syro-Malabar Church, located in Thrissur District of Kerala state, southern India. Saint Thomas Cathedral in Irinjalakuda city serves as its cathedral episcopal see, and Bishop Pauly Kannookkadan now heads the diocese. The former cathedral (of Arch diocese of Crangannore).