Eparchy of Parassala
Parassalan(us)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malankara Catholic Church · Parassala, India
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Erected
- 5 August 2017
- Latin
- Parassalan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001005077
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 37,700
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 739
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
- Thomas Mar Eusebius
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, 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.
The province of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
A suffragan of Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of PathanamthittaPathanamthitta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].