Archdiocese of Trivandrum
| Archdiocese of Trivandrum | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam |
| Auxiliary bishop | Christudas Rajappan |
| founding | 1937 |
| surface | 686 km² |
| Parishes | 85 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 2,368,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 261.220 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 11% |
| Diocesan priest | 112 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 120 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,126 |
| Friars | 203 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 688 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| Website | official website |
The Archdiocese of Trivandrum ( Latin Archidioecesis Trivandrensis Latinorum ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum).
There is also the Syro-Malankan Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum .
The territory includes the district of Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala and the district of Kanyakumari in the state of Tamil Nadu .
history
The Archdiocese of Trivandrum was founded on July 1, 1937 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution In ora Malabarica from cessions of territory from the Quilon diocese as the Trivandrum diocese and subordinated to the Verapoly archdiocese as a suffragan diocese. The diocese of Trivandrum gave on June 14, 1996 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Neyyattinkara . On June 3, 2004, the Diocese of Trivandrum was raised to an archdiocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu .
Ecclesiastical province
| diocese | Catholics | Pop., Total |
|---|---|---|
| Archdiocese of Trivandrum | 261.220 | 2,368,000 |
| Diocese of Alleppey | 175.269 | 795,000 |
| Bishopric of Neyyattinkara | 153,760 | 1,494,850 |
| Diocese of Punalur | 30,862 | 3,445,524 |
| Diocese of Quilon | 263,900 | 5,598,000 |
| Ecclesiastical province of Trivandrum | 885.011 | 13,701,374 |
Ordinaries
Bishops of Trivandrum
- Vincent Victor Dereere OCD , 1937–1966
- Peter Bernard Pereira , 1966–1978
- Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil OFMCap , 1979-1991
- Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam , 1991-2004
Archbishops of Trivandrum
- Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam , since 2004
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum (English)
- Entry about the Archdiocese of Trivandrum on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. In ora Malabarica , AAS 30 (1938), n. 4, pp. 90ff.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu , AAS 96 (2004), n.10, p. 621f.