Metropolitan see Shamshabad, India
Archdiocese of Shamshabad
Shamshabaden(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar archeparchy based at Shamshabad near Hyderabad, erected as an eparchy on 10 October 2017 for Syro-Malabar faithful across much of India outside Kerala, and elevated to a metropolitan archeparchy on 28 August 2025. Its seat is St Alphonsa Cathedral at Kukatpally, Hyderabad.
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- Established
- 2017
- Catholics
- 123,735
- Priests
- 72
- Territory
- 1,778,384 km²
Parishes and churches
101 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Alphonsa Syro Malabar CathedralKukatpally · CathedralView parish
- Christ the King ChurchEtawahView parish
- Christ The King ChurchPark Circus KolkataView parish
- Corpus Christi Syro Malabar Catholic MissionGudari RayagadaView parish
- Divine Mercy CenterRampurView parish
- HindupurHindupurView parish
- Holy Cross Syro Malabar Catholic MissionGumma GajapatiView parish
- Holy Family ChurchJaipur CityView parish
- Holy Family ChurchAlampur Hauz EtawahView parish
- Infant Child Jesus Syro Malabar Catholic MissionKalimela MalkangiriView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchGorwaView parish
- Infant Jesus Mission StationManughattView parish
- Infant Jesus Syro Malabar catholic ChurchSecunderabadView parish
- Infant Jesus Syro Malabar ChurchKondapurView parish
- Little Flower MissionKundraView parish
- Little Flower Syro Malabar MissionLucknowView parish
- Mar Sleeva ChurchKotaView parish
- Mission Co ordinatorSilcharView parish
- Mother Mary Syro Malabar Qurbana CenterBapunagarView parish
- Mother Teresa Syro Malabar ChurchSainikpuriView parish
- Mother Teresa Syro Malabar MissionKurnool NagarView parish
- MST Mission HouseJK PureView parish
- Nirmal Jyoty MissionBaligudaView parish
- Odisha Mission CoordinatorJK Pure RayagadaView parish
- Sacred Heart MissionLaxmipureView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Syro Malabar CommunityLB NagarView parish
- Sanjose ChurchDibiyapurView parish
- St Alphonsa Catholic ChurchManejaView parish
- St Alphonsa ChurchAnandView parish
- St Alphonsa ChurchBolligudemView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Antony Prince Panengaden
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The cathedral
St Alphonsa Cathedral, Kukatpally, Hyderabad stands in Shamshabad, 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
Based in Telangana, India, Shamshabad is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Pope Francis erected it as an eparchy on 10 October 2017 and named Mar Raphael Thattil its first eparch. Writing to the bishops of India, Francis pointed to the country's decades of experience with "overlapping jurisdictions" among different sui iuris churches, adding: "With the growth of spiritual friendship and mutual assistance, any tension or apprehension should be swiftly overcome.