Suffragan eparchy Parassala, India
Eparchy of Parassala
Parassalan(us)
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic eparchy erected by Pope Francis on 5 August 2017 by bifurcating the Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church in Parassala, serving Malankara-rite faithful in southern Kerala and adjacent Tamil Nadu.
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- Established
- 2017
- Catholics
- 37,700
- Priests
- 51
Parishes and churches
101 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Mary’s SMCC ParassalaParassala · CathedralView parish
- Christ The King SMCC Kulathoor (Charottukonam)Kulathoor (Charottukonam)View parish
- Holy Cross SMCC PottayilPottayilView parish
- Holy Family SMCC ChanaikkonamChanaikkonamView parish
- Holy Family SMCC Pazhaya UtchakadaPazhaya UtchakadaView parish
- Little Flower SMCC PandaPandaView parish
- Lurdu Matha SMCC KattuvilaKattuvilaView parish
- Mary Immaculate SMCC ChowaraChowaraView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima SMCC KandalaKandalaView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help SMCC KalliyalKalliyalView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help SMCC KanjiramkulamKanjiramkulamView parish
- Sacred Heart SMCC EruthavoorEruthavoorView parish
- Sacred Heart SMCC OokkodeOokkodeView parish
- Sacred Heart SMCC ThiruvallamThiruvallamView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC AnakuzhiAnakuzhiView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC AruvankodeAruvankodeView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC KannankodeKannankodeView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC KuttichalKuttichalView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC ManchamkodeManchamkodeView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC MuttachalMuttachalView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC PamamcoduPamamcoduView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC PerumpazhuthoorPerumpazhuthoorView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC PoovarPoovarView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC PuthenkavuvilaPuthenkavuvilaView parish
- St Antony’s SMCC, PezhummooduTown not recordedView parish
- St Francis Assisi SMCC MulloorMulloorView parish
- St Francis Assissi SMCC KottarakkonamKottarakkonamView parish
- St Francis Xavier SMCC ChemparathivilaChemparathivilaView parish
- St George’s SMCC DhanuvachapuramDhanuvachapuramView parish
- St George’s SMCC KannaravilaKannaravilaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Thomas Mar Eusebius
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The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral, Parassala stands in Parassala, 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.
History
Established by Pope Francis on 5 August 2017, the Eparchy of Parassala is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church territory of the Catholic Church in India, serving Syro-Malankara Catholics in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Thomas Mar Eusebius is its first and current eparch. Within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Trivandrum, it holds the rank of suffragan eparchy.