Archdiocese of Kalyan
Callianen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Syro-Malabar Church · Kalyan, India
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 30 April 1988
- Latin
- Callianen(sis)
- Patron
- St Thomas the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001789
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 100,000
- Population
- 2,013
- Priests
- 176
- Catholics per priest
- 568
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal
- Born
- 29 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Mulamkunnu
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Kalyan
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of ChandaChanda
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].