Eparchy of Pathanamthitta
Pathanamthitten(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malankara Catholic Church · Pathanamthitta, India
Syro-Malankara Catholic eparchy in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, India, erected by Pope Benedict XVI on 25 January 2010 from the Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is St. Peter's Cathedral in Pathanamthitta, serving about 40,600 Malankara-rite Catholics (2010).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Erected
- 25 January 2010
- Latin
- Pathanamthitten(sis)
- Patron
- St. Peter
- Annuario code
- 001002558
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,563
- Population
- 1,234,016
- Catholic share
- 3.3%
- Priests
- 89
- Catholics per priest
- 456
- Extent
- 2,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- Samuel Mar Irenios
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. Peter's Cathedral, Pathanamthitta stands in Pathanamthitta, 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 ParassalaParassala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created by Pope Benedict XVI on 25 January 2010, the Eparchy of Pathanamthitta is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church eparchy of the Catholic Church in Kerala, India. Yoohanon Chrysostom became the first eparch, and St. Peter’s Malankara Catholic Church in the episcopal see of Pathanamthitta serves as the cathedral church. The eparchy is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Trivandrum.
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].