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.
- Thangalur(North), St. Joseph`s ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thangalur, Nithyasahayamatha ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thayyur, Our Lady of Perpertual Help ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thiroor, St. Thomas ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Thiruthiparambu, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thiruvillamala, St. George ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Tholur, St. Alphonsa ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thoravu, St. Antony's ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thoyakkavu, Sacred Heart ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thrikkur, St. Antony ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thriprayar (Thannyam), St. Peter ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Thrissur Basilica, Our Lady of Dolours ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Thrissur West Fort, St. Anne's ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Vadanappilly, St. Francis Xavier ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Vadookara, Little Flower ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Vaka, St. Sebastain ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Valakkavu, St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Valappad, St. Sebastian ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Vallachira, St. Thomas ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Vaniampara (Kombazha), St. JosephTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Varadiyam (Paduapuram), St. Antony ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Varakara South, Infant Jesus ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Varakara, St. Antony ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Varandarappilly (E), Immaculate H. of MaryTown not recordedView parish
- Varandarappilly (Pallikunnu), Our Lady of Assumption ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Varavoor, Our Lady of Divine Love ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Veendassery, Mary Immaculate ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Velappaya, St. Mary ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Vellakkarithadam, Vijayamatha ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Vellanikode, St. Augustine ChurchTown not recordedView parish
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.