Tellicherry Archeparchy

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Tellicherry Archeparchy
Basic data
Rite church Syro-Malabar Church
Country India
Diocesan bishop George Njaralakatt
Auxiliary bishop Joseph Pamplany
Emeritus diocesan bishop George Valiamattam
founding 1953
surface 4,902 km²
Parishes 213 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Residents 3,650,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics 279.200 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
proportion of 7.6%
Diocesan priest 210 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious priest 74 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics per priest 983
Friars 148 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious sisters 1,415 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
rite Chaldean rite
Liturgical language Syrian
cathedral St. Joseph's Cathedral
Website www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Belthangady
Eparchy Bhadravathi
Eparchy Mananthavady
Eparchy Mandya
Diocese of Thamarasserry

The archeparchy Tellicherry ( Latin Archieparchia Tellicherriensis ) is in India located archeparchy the Syro-Malabar Church , based in Tellicherry , Kerala .

history

The Archeparchy Tellicherry was founded on December 31, 1953 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Christi Ecclesiam from cessions of territory of the diocese of Calicut as Tellicherry eparchy . On March 1, 1973, the Tellicherry Eparchy gave up parts of its territory to establish the Mananthavady Eparchy . Another assignment of territory took place on April 28, 1986 to establish the diocese of Thamarasserry .

The Tellicherry eparchy was elevated to an archeparchy on May 18, 1995 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Spirituali bono . On April 24, 1999, the Archeparchy Tellicherry gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Belthangady .

Ordinaries

Bishops of the Tellicherry Eparchy

Archbishops of the Tellicherry Archepark

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Spirituali bono , AAS 87 (1995), n.11, pp. 985f.