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 Josephs ChurchPavan NagarView parish
- St Josephs ChurchRasayaniView parish
- St Josephs ChurchSaharView parish
- St Josephs Forane ChurchPowaiView parish
- St Judes Syro Malabar CentreDhobitalaoView parish
- St Marys ChurchAndheri WView parish
- St Marys ChurchBhiwandiView parish
- St Marys ChurchBoisarView parish
- St Marys ChurchBycullaView parish
- St Marys ChurchCbd BelapurView parish
- St Marys ChurchDehu RoadView parish
- St Marys ChurchKalwa Merged With Thane ParishView parish
- St Marys ChurchLonavalaView parish
- St Marys ChurchMalad EView parish
- St Marys ChurchMumbai CentralView parish
- St Marys ChurchNasik CityView parish
- St Marys ChurchShell ColonyView parish
- St Marys Community CentreBadlapurView parish
- St Marys Welfare CentreMarouliView parish
- St Mother Teresa ChurchTalegaonView parish
- St Pauls Community CentreUlhas NagarView parish
- St Pauls Welfare CentreKurla E NewView parish
- St Peters ChurchSatpurView parish
- St Sebastain Community CentreGoregaon EView parish
- St Sebastian CentreKanjurmarg EView parish
- St Sebastian CentrePalgharView parish
- St Sebastian ChurchAmboliView parish
- St Sebastian ChurchJogeshwari M C Road Sub CenterView parish
- St Sebastians ChurchKalamboliView parish
- St Sebastians ChurchMahimView 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.