Eparchy of Mavelikara
Mavelikaren(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malankara Catholic Church · Mavelikara, India
Syro-Malankara rite eparchy in Kerala, India, within the province of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum. Erected 2 January 2007 as the sixth eparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Its seat is St Mary's Church, Punnamoodu, Mavelikara.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Erected
- 23 December 2006
- Latin
- Mavelikaren(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001002191
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 37,000
- Population
- 2,542,000
- Catholic share
- 1.5%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 457
- Extent
- 4,048 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.1
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
- Mathews Polycarpos
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 Mary's Cathedral Church, Punnamoodu, Mavelikara stands in Mavelikara, 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 Trivandrum
A suffragan of Trivandrum.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlleppeyAlleppey
- Diocese of NeyyattinkaraNeyyattinkara
- Diocese of PunalurPunalur
- Diocese of QuilonQuilon
- Diocese of TrivandrumTrivandrum
- Eparchy of MarthandomMarthandam
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].