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. Stephen’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchMalomView parish
- St. Stephen’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPookkayamView parish
- St. Stephen’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchChamathachalView parish
- St. Stephen’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchChandanakkamparaView parish
- St. Stephen’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPeringalaView parish
- St. Stephen’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPius NagarView parish
- St. Stephen’s Knanaya Catholic Forane ChurchUzhavoorView parish
- St. Theresa’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchRanniView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchKallaraView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchPuthusseryView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchRamamagalamView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchCaritasView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchPunnathuraView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchKuruppuntharaView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchRamamagalamView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchMangidappallyView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchKallarView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic ChurchMankuzyView parish
- St. Thomas Knanaya Catholic Forane ChurchPerikalloorView parish
- St. Thresia’s Knanaya Catholic ChurchPalathuruthView parish
- Swargarani Knanaya Catholic Forane ChurchRajeswari NagarView 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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