Eparchy Marthandom
| Eparchy Marthandom | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Grand Archbishopric of Trivandrum |
| Diocesan bishop | Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai |
| surface | 1,665 km² |
| Parishes | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,224,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 69,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 3.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,278 |
| Friars | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 206 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Antiochian rite |
| cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
| address | Christu Raja Puram, Marthandom-629165, Kanyakumari Dist., Tamil Nadu, India |
| Website | http://www.marthandamdiocese.org/index.html |
The eparchy Marthandom ( Latin Eparchia Marthandomensis ) is in Tamil Nadu , India situated eparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church based in Marthandom , Kanyakumari district .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Singulares omnino on December 16, 1996 from cession of territory from the Grand Archdiocese of Trivandrum , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
The eparchy only includes the Syro-Malankar Catholics of the area. The Catholics of the Latin rite and the Syro-Malabar rite who also live there belong to other dioceses.
Bishops of Marthandom
- Lawrence Ephraem Thottam (December 16, 1996 - April 8, 1997, died)
- Yoohanon Chrysostomus Kalloor (April 16, 1998 - January 25, 2010, then Bishop of Pathanamthitta )
- Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai , since January 25, 2010