Eastern metropolitan see Trichur, India
Archeparchy of Trichur
Trichurien(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar metropolitan archeparchy in Thrissur district, Kerala, India, founded as the Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur on 20 May 1887 by Pope Leo XIII (bull Quod Iam Pridem), made an eparchy in 1923 and elevated to a metropolitan see on 18 May 1995. Its seat is Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, with suffragans Irinjalakuda, Palghat and Ramanathapuram.
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- Established
- 1887
- Catholics
- 460,848
- Priests
- 635
- Territory
- 2,000 km²
Parishes and churches
222 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nellankara, St. Sebastian ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Nellikkunnu, St. Sebastian ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Nenmanikkara, ST. MARY’S CHURCHTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Nirmalapuram, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Olarikkara, Littlle Flower ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Ollukkara, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Ollur Marymatha, Marymatha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Ollur, St. Antony's Forane ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Orumanayur, Little Flower ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Padavarad (St. Thomas Nagar), St. Thomas ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Palakkal, St. Mathew ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- PALAYUR, ST. THOMAS MAJOR ARCHIEPISCOPAL FORANE CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- Palazhi, St. Sebastian ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pallissery, St. Mary ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Panamucku, Kanickamatha ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pangarappilly, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Parakkad, St. George ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Parannur, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Parappur, St. John Nepumcian Forane ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Paravattany, Vimalanatha ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Parempadam, St. Antony ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pathiyaram, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pathramangalam, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pattikad, St. Francis Xavier Forane ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pavaratty, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pazhayangadi, St. Sebastian ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pazhayannur, St. Dominic ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pazhuvil, St. Antony ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Peechi, Our Lady of Lourde's ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Perakom, St. Mary ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Andrews Thazhath
- Born
- 13 December 1951
- Birthplace
- Pudukad
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The cathedral
Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, Thrissur stands in Trichur, 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
Home now to nearly half a million Syro-Malabar Catholics, the Archeparchy of Trichur lies in the Thrissur District of Central Kerala, India. It was once the largest Catholic diocese in India, back when its territory still included the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda (until 1978) and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palghat (until 1973). Trichur was one of the two Vicariates created for Syriac Catholics, the other being the Archeparchy of Changanassery.