Eparchy of Kanjirapally
Kanirapallen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Kanjirapally, India
Syro-Malabar (East Syriac rite) eparchy in Kerala, India, suffragan of the Archeparchy of Changanassery. Erected 26 February 1977 from the Archeparchy of Changanassery. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Dominic in Kanjirappally.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 26 February 1977
- Latin
- Kanirapallen(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001800
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 228,700
- Population
- 1,383,000
- Catholic share
- 16.5%
- Priests
- 819
- Catholics per priest
- 279
- Extent
- 1,980 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 116
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Eparch
- Mar Jose Pulickal
- Born
- 3 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Inchiyani
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 Dominic's Cathedral, Kanjirappally stands in Kanjirapally, 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 Changanassery
A suffragan of Changanassery.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of ThuckalayThuckalay
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With an area of 1980 km2, the Eparchy of Kanjirappally is a Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy taking in the Kanjirappally taluk of Kottayam district along with a few villages of the neighbouring taluks in Kottayam district, northern Pathanamthitta district, and parts of Idukki district, all in central Kerala in South India.
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].