Eparchy of Ramanathapuram
Ramanathapuramen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Ramanathapuram, India
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in Tamil Nadu, India, erected 18 January 2010 by dividing the Eparchy of Palghat, and a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Thrissur. It serves about 15,700 East Syriac-rite Catholics across the Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, and Nagapattinam districts, with Holy Trinity Church in Ramanathapuram (Coimbatore) as its cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 18 January 2010
- Latin
- Ramanathapuramen(sis)
- Patron
- São Tomás, Santa Afonsa
- Annuario code
- 001002719
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 15,694
- Priests
- 1,632
- Catholics per priest
- 10
- Extent
- 18,525 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Mar Paul Alappatt
- Born
- 21 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Edathuruthy
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
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Ramanathapuram stands in Ramanathapuram, 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 Thrissur (Syro-Malabar)
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Thrissur.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of PalghatPalghat
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created in 2010 by bifurcating the Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy of Palghat, the Eparchy of Ramanathapuram sits in the Ramanathapuram locality of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Its territory covers the districts of Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam, having been extended to Salem and Trichy on 10 October 2017. Mar Paul Alappat is the present Bishop of Ramanathapuram.
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].