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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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. Joseph’s ChurchVeeranchiraView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVellangallurView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVemballurView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVynthalaView parish
- St. Joseph’s Syrian ChurchMathilakamView parish
- St. Jude's ChurchMunipparaView parish
- St. Mariam Thressia ChurchSholayarView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchChokkanaView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchThumbarasseryView parish
- St. Mary's Lourdes ChurchElinjipra - Lourdes NagarView parish
- St. Marys ChurchCheloorView parish
- St. Marys ChurchKuzhikattusseryView parish
- St. Marys Church Our Lady of CarmelAripalamView parish
- St. Mary’s Assumption ChurchNadavarambuView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchAloor EastView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchAnandapuram SouthView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchChenathunadView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchEravathurView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKannikaraView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKaranchira EastView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKaruvannurView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKattoorView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKodungallurView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchMaramcode SouthView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchMariyankunnuView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchMuthrathikaraView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchNandikaraView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchNellayiMass times recorded
- St. Mary’s ChurchPadiyurView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchParekattukaraView 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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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).