Eparchy of Thuckalay
Thuckalayen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Thuckalay, India
Syro-Malabar eparchy in the Kanyakumari region of Tamil Nadu, India, erected 11 November 1996. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Changanassery, with its seat at St Joseph's Cathedral, Soosaipuram, Thuckalay.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 11 November 1996
- Latin
- Thuckalayen(sis)
- Patron
- St George
- Annuario code
- 001003218
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 29,673
- Population
- 2,071,258
- Catholic share
- 1.4%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 366
- Extent
- 1,794 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Mar George Rajendran
- Born
- 14 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Padanthalomoodu
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
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 Joseph's Cathedral, Soosaipuram, Thuckalay stands in Thuckalay, 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 Changanassery
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Changanassery.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of KanjirapallyKanjirapally
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded on 11 November 1996, the Eparchy of Thuckalay (Syriac: ܕܡܛܪܢܘܬܐ ܬܟܠܝ, romanized: Maṭranūthā d-Thakkala; Tamil: தக்கலை மறைமாவட்டம், romanized: Takkalai Maṟaimāvattam) is an Eastern Catholic eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, located in Thuckaly, Kanyakumari District, India.
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].