Metropolitan see Kalyan, India
Archdiocese of Kalyan
Callianen(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar (East Syriac rite) archeparchy based in Kalyan, serving Syro-Malabar faithful across Maharashtra and Goa, India. Erected 30 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II and elevated to a metropolitan archeparchy on 28 August 2025. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Thomas in Kalyan.
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- Established
- 1988
- Catholics
- 100,000
- Priests
- 176
- Territory
- 225,097 km²
Parishes and churches
107 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Thomas Cathedral ChurchPilgrim Centre Kalyan W · CathedralView parish
- Amala Matha ChurchMulundView parish
- Bl Kuriakose Elias Chavara ChurchDighiView parish
- Blessed Cyriac Chavara ChurchKandivli EView parish
- Carmel ParishVadagonsheriView parish
- Christ the King ChurchBhandupView parish
- Devamatha ChurchNagothaneView parish
- Divine Mercy ChurchDevlaliView parish
- Divine Mercy Qurbana CentreParksiteView parish
- Fatima Matha CentreKirolView parish
- Holy Trinity ChurchVile ParleView parish
- Holy Trinity Syro Malabar ChurchThaneView parish
- Immaculate Conception ChurchDombivliView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchKhargharView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchKoperkhairneView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchTilak NagarView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchVikhroliView parish
- Kristuraj ChurchMarolView parish
- Little Flower ChurchChakalaView parish
- Little Flower ChurchDahisarView parish
- Little Flower ChurchMahatma NagarView parish
- Little Flower ChurchNerulView parish
- Mary Matha ChurchBandra WView parish
- Mary Matha ChurchAlibaugView parish
- Mary Matha ChurchSakinakaView parish
- Mary Matha Sub CentreKamothe Sub Centre of KalamboliView parish
- Mother of Jesus ChurchAntophillView parish
- Mother of Victory ChurchTikujiniwadiView parish
- Nirmala Matha ChurchPoinsurView parish
- Nirmala Matha Qurbana CentreSionView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal
- Born
- 29 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Mulamkunnu
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The cathedral
St Thomas Cathedral, Kalyan stands in Kalyan, 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
Based in Kalyan, India, the Archeparchy of Kalyan is an Eastern Catholic archeparchy within the Syro-Malabar Church, established to cater the spiritual needs of the Syro Malabar Christians of the Indian State of Maharashtra, including the metropolitan cities of Mumbai, Pune and Nasik. Mar Paul Chittilapilly served as its first bishop, and the eparchy marked its silver jubilee in the year 2013. Mar Thomas Elavanal MCBS then shepherded the Eparchy until 2025.