Archeparchy of Tiruvalla
Tiruvallen(sis)
Eastern metropolitan see · Syro-Malankara Church · Tiruvalla, India
Syro-Malankara metropolitan archeparchy in Kerala, India, erected in 1932 as one of the original sees of the Malankara Catholic reunion and elevated to a metropolitan archeparchy in 2006. Seated at St John's Cathedral in Tiruvalla, its province includes the suffragan eparchies of Bathery, Muvattupuzha and Puthur.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Church
- Erected
- 11 June 1932
- Latin
- Tiruvallen(sis)
- Patron
- São João Evangelista e Santa Teresa
- Annuario code
- 001003234
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,000
- Population
- 5,555,000
- Catholic share
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 137
- Catholics per priest
- 292
- Extent
- 9,259 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Archbishop
- Thomas Mar Koorilos
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 John's Cathedral, Tiruvalla stands in Tiruvalla, 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 Tiruvalla
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of BatteryBattery
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Tiruvalla, in Kerala, India, is the seat of this archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, presided over at present by Metropolitan Archbishop Aboon Mor Thomas Koorilos. The eparchy's seat is St. John's Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral in Tiruvalla, a circular edifice designed by a British architect.
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].