Archeparchy of Kottayam
Kottayamen(sis)
Eastern metropolitan see · Syro-Malabar Church · Kottayam, India
The Archeparchy of Kottayam is a Syro-Malabar Catholic archeparchy serving the Knanaya community in India. Erected as an apostolic vicariate in 1911 and raised to an archeparchy in 2005, it is a metropolitan see rather than a Latin diocese as labeled.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 1911
- Latin
- Kottayamen(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus; Pope St. Pius X
- Annuario code
- 001001901
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 190,985
- Population
- 2,023
- Priests
- 363
- Catholics per priest
- 526
- Extent
- 560,665 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Mathew Moolakkattu
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
Christ the King Cathedral, Kottayam stands in Kottayam, 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 Kottayam
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
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 · GCatholic
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].