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Suffragan eparchy Thamarasserry, India

Eparchy of Thamarasserry

Thamarasserren(sis)

Syro-Malabar eparchy in northern Kerala, India, erected 28 April 1986 by Pope John Paul II by bifurcating the Eparchy of Tellicherry. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Tellicherry, covering the Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, with its seat at Mary Matha Cathedral in Thamarassery.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Mary Matha Cathedral, Thamarassery, in Thamarasserry, India.

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Established
1986
Catholics
124,664
Priests
301
Territory
5,893 km²

Parishes and churches

53 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Eparch
Mar Remigiose Inchananiyil
Born
26 July 1961
Birthplace
Vettilappara

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The cathedral

Mary Matha Cathedral, Thamarassery stands in Thamarasserry, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Created on 28 April 1986, the Eparchy of Thamarassery belongs to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India. It falls under the Province of Tellicherry and is governed by the Major Archbishop of Erankulam-Angamaly together with the synod of all bishops of the sui iuris Church, both within and outside India. Among its several important churches, the foremost are Saint Thomas Forane Church Koorachudu and Sacred Heart Forane Church Thiruvambady.