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 CherukodeCherukodeView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC KakottukonamKakottukonamView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC KallamamKallamamView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC KottoorKottoorView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC KudayalKudayalView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC Kuttamala (Purathippara)Kuttamala (Purathippara)View parish
- St Mary’s SMCC Kuzhinjamvila (Vimalagiri)Kuzhinjamvila (Vimalagiri)View parish
- St Mary’s SMCC ManchavilakomManchavilakomView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC NelliyodeNelliyodeView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC OttasekharamangalamOttasekharamangalamView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC Panachamood (Puthenpally)Panachamood (Puthenpally)View parish
- St Mary’s SMCC PanayarackalPanayarackalView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC PappanamcodePappanamcodeView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC PinkulamPinkulamView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC PoovachalPoovachalView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC PoozhikkunnuPoozhikkunnuView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC PunalalPunalalView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC RusselpuramRusselpuramView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC TharavilaTharavilaView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC ThengarakonamThengarakonamView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC Utchakada (Aluvila)Utchakada (Aluvila)View parish
- St Mary’s SMCC VadakaraVadakaraView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC VandannoorVandannoorView parish
- St Mary’s SMCC VelloorkonamVelloorkonamView parish
- St Paul’s SMCC MylakkaraMylakkaraView parish
- St Peter & St Paul’s SMCC KadambaraKadambaraView parish
- St Peter’s SMCC KariprakkonamKariprakkonamView parish
- St Pious X SMCC Cheruvarakonam (Pius Nagar)Cheruvarakonam (Pius Nagar)View parish
- St Rosa Mystica SMCC AruvikuzhiAruvikuzhiView parish
- St Sebastian’s SMCC AmbilikonamAmbilikonamView 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.