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Suffragan eparchy Irinjalakuda, India

Eparchy of Irinjalakuda

Irinialakuden(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Saint Thomas Cathedral, Irinjalakuda, in Irinjalakuda, India.

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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.

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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.

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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).