Eastern metropolitan see Kottayam, India
Archeparchy of Kottayam
Kottayamen(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
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.
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- Established
- 1911
- Catholics
- 190,985
- Priests
- 363
- Territory
- 560,665 km²
Parishes and churches
141 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart Knanaya Catholic ChurchKanthalamView parish
- Sacred Heart Knanaya Catholic Forane ChurchChangeleriView parish
- Sacred Heart Knanaya Catholic Forane ChurchPadamughamView parish
- SS. Peter & Paul Knanaya Catholic ChurchCherpunkalView parish
- SS. Peter & Paul Knanaya Catholic ChurchMralaView parish
- St Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchMalloosseryView parish
- St. Anne’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchCharamangalamView parish
- St. Anne’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchEdakolyView parish
- St. Anne’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKottodyView parish
- St. Anne’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPayyavoor TownView parish
- St. Antony of Paduva Knanaya Catholic ChurchOlessaView parish
- St. Antony’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchMarikaView parish
- St. Augustine’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKarimkunnamView parish
- St. Francis Assisi Knanaya Catholic ChurchThiroorView parish
- St. Francis Xavier’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKannamkaraView parish
- St. George Knanaya Catholic ChurchKaniyarvayalView parish
- St. George Knanaya Catholic Forane ChurchEdacatView parish
- St. George’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchVechoorView parish
- St. George’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchMattakkaraView parish
- St. George’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchOdayanchalView parish
- St. George’s Knanaya Catholic Forane ChurchKaipuzhaView parish
- St. James Knanaya Catholic ChurchPoothalyView parish
- St. John Nepumcen Knanaya Catholic ChurchKumarakomView parish
- St. John’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchChamakalaView parish
- St. John’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchChingavanamView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchEttumanoorView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchThellithodeView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchEraviperoorView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchArunoottimangalamView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchManakkadView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mathew Moolakkattu
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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.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
The wire's resolver matched this see in the text of each story.
- Syro-Malabar Church elects Thomas Animoottil auxiliary bishop of Kottayam
- Pope names Thomas Animoottil auxiliary bishop of Kottayam
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