Eparchy of Kothamangalam
Kothamangalamen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Kothamangalam, India
Syro-Malabar (East Syriac rite) eparchy in Kerala, India, within the province of the Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly. Erected 29 July 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Its seat is St George's Cathedral in Kothamangalam.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 29 July 1956
- Latin
- Kothamangalamen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001896
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 231,300
- Population
- 885,320
- Catholic share
- 26.1%
- Priests
- 543
- Catholics per priest
- 426
- Extent
- 4,840 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
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 George Madathikandathil
- Born
- 9 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Purapuzha
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 George's Cathedral, Kothamangalam stands in Kothamangalam, 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 Ernakulam-Angamaly
A suffragan of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ernakulam-AngamalyErnakulam-Angamaly
- Eparchy of IdukkiIdukki
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].