Major archiepiscopal Church Trivandrum, India
Diocese of Trivandrum
Trivandren(sis) Syrorum Malankarensium
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The Archdiocese of Trivandrum is the Latin Catholic metropolitan see based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Erected as a diocese in 1937 and raised to an archdiocese in 2004, it oversees the suffragan dioceses of Quilon, Alleppey, Punalur, and Neyyattinkara.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1937
- Catholics
- 297,121
- Priests
- 261
- Territory
- 686 km²
Parishes and churches
108 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. JosephPalayam · CathedralView parish
- St. MaryKanjirampara · CathedralView parish
- St. Mary Queen of PeaceTrivandrum · CathedralView parish
- All SaintsArayathuruthyView parish
- AscensionKakkamoolaView parish
- AssumptionVennicodeView parish
- Carmel Hill MonasteryCotton HillView parish
- Christ the KingKariyavattomView parish
- Christ the KingAzhakulamView parish
- Christ the KingVarkalaView parish
- Fathima MathaAdimalathuraView parish
- Fathima MathaFathimapuramView parish
- Fathima MathaKazhakuttomView parish
- Fathima MathaKochuthopeView parish
- Good ShepherdAttingalView parish
- Good ShepherdThrikkannapuramView parish
- Holy CrossMuttadaView parish
- Holy CrossPalapoorView parish
- Holy FamilyChowaraView parish
- Holy SpiritMampallyView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionNelliyodeView parish
- Little FlowerMonvilaView parish
- Little FlowerNettayamView parish
- Little FlowerPushpagiriView parish
- Madre de DeusVettucaudView parish
- Mary RaniMudavanmugalView parish
- Nithya Sahaya MathaKunninpuramMass times recorded
- Our Lady of AssumptionMangalapuramView parish
- Our Lady of AssumptionThycaudView parish
- Our Lady of DolourMarthandanthuraiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Thomas Jessayyan Netto
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The cathedral
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram stands in Trivandrum, 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
Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India, is the episcopal see of this Latin Church archdiocese (Latin: Trivandren(sis) Latinorum). The see is shared with the major archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, the Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum. As a metropolitan see, the archdiocese heads an ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses.