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.
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchVadakkummuryView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPuthuvelyView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchAlex NagarView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKottoorvayalView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchManjakadView parish
- St. Joseph’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchNuchiyadView parish
- St. Jude’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPanniyalView parish
- St. Jude’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchChrist NagarView parish
- St. Kuriakose Knanaya Catholic ChurchErnakulamView parish
- St. Luke’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPoozhikkolView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPachiraView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchMuttomView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchVarappettyView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchChettukulamView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchVeliyannoorView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchChullikkaraView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchRanipuramView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchSreepuramView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchChevarambalamView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchAjkarView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchN.R. CityView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchCherukaraView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKallisseryView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchAythalaView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKattodeView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKuttoorView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPonparaView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPunalurView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKattachiraView parish
- St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchKoodalloorView 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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