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Eastern metropolitan see Tiruvalla, India

Archeparchy of Tiruvalla

Tiruvallen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St John's Cathedral, Tiruvalla, in Tiruvalla, India.

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Established
1932
Catholics
40,000
Priests
137
Territory
9,259 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Thomas Mar Koorilos

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The cathedral

St John's Cathedral, Tiruvalla stands in Tiruvalla, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.