Eparchy of Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzhen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malankara Catholic Church · Muvattupuzha, India
Syro-Malankara Catholic eparchy in Kerala, India, erected in 2003 by bifurcating the Archeparchy of Tiruvalla, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is St. Joseph's Cathedral in Muvattupuzha and it serves about 14,000 Malankara-rite faithful.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Erected
- 19 December 2002
- Latin
- Muvattupuzhen(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001002321
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,000
- Population
- 1,760,430
- Catholic share
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 280
- Extent
- 36,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Yoohanon Mor Theodosius
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. Joseph's Cathedral, Muvattupuzha stands in Muvattupuzha, 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 Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara)
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Tiruvalla.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of PuthurPuthur
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].