Eastern metropolitan see Tellicherry, India
Archeparchy of Tellicherry
Tellicherrien(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar metropolitan archeparchy in northern Kerala, India, erected as the Eparchy of Tellicherry on 31 December 1953 by Pope Pius XII and raised to a metropolitan archeparchy on 18 May 1995. Its seat is St Joseph's Cathedral in Thalassery.
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- Established
- 1953
- Catholics
- 274,460
- Priests
- 475
- Territory
- 4,958 km²
Parishes and churches
185 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- THALASSERY,ST.JOSEPH CATHEDRALTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- ADAMPARA,ST.GEORGETown not recordedView parish
- ADOTTUKAYAM,ST.THOMASTown not recordedView parish
- ALPHONSAGIRI(THERMALA),ST.ALPHONSATown not recordedView parish
- AMMAMKULAM,ST.ANTONYTown not recordedView parish
- ANAPPANTHI,MERCIFUL JESUSTown not recordedView parish
- ANARA,ST.ANTONYTown not recordedView parish
- ANGADIKADAVU,SACRED HEARTTown not recordedView parish
- ARABI,ST.JOSEPHTown not recordedView parish
- ARAVANCHAL,ST.JOSEPHTown not recordedView parish
- AREEKAMALA,ST.JOSEPHTown not recordedView parish
- ARIVILANJAPOIL,ST.THOMASTown not recordedView parish
- ARYAPARAMBA,FATHIMA MATHATown not recordedView parish
- ATHIRUMAVU,ST.PAULTown not recordedView parish
- ATTAKANDAM,ST.SEBASTIANTown not recordedView parish
- ATTENGANAM,ST. JUDETown not recordedView parish
- AYANNOOR,ST.GEORGETown not recordedView parish
- BADIADUKA,ST.MARYTown not recordedView parish
- BALAL,ST.ANTONYTown not recordedView parish
- BALESUGIRI,INFANT JESUSTown not recordedView parish
- BEDOOR,ST.JOSEPHTown not recordedView parish
- BHEEMANADY,CHRIST THE KINGTown not recordedView parish
- BIRIKULAM,LITTLE FLOWERTown not recordedView parish
- CHANDANAKAMPARA,LITTLE FLOWERTown not recordedView parish
- CHARAL,ST.SEBASTIANTown not recordedView parish
- CHATTAMALA,ST.MARYTown not recordedView parish
- CHAVARAGIRI,ST. CHAVARATown not recordedView parish
- CHAYYOTH,ST.ALPHONSATown not recordedView parish
- CHEDIKULAM,ST.SEBASTIANTown not recordedView parish
- CHEEKKAD,INFANT JESUSTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Joseph Pamplany
- Born
- 11 December 1969
- Birthplace
- Charal
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The cathedral
St Joseph's Cathedral, Thalassery stands in Tellicherry, 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
Tellicherry, anglicized also as the Archdiocese of Thalassery, is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church in India. Because settlers had spread into the neighbouring States, the boundaries of the Thalassery ecclesiastical province were extended to take in Mangalore, Chickmangalore, Mysore, Shimoga and Ootty. The diocese spans 18,000 km2 and counts a Catholic population of 273,826. Joseph Pamplany has served as Metropolitan Archbishop since 2022.