Archeparchy of Tiruvalla
| Archeparchy of Tiruvalla | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal |
| surface | 9,259 km² |
| Parishes | 136 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 4,920,529 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 40,660 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 100 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 339 |
| Friars | 33 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 280 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Antiochian rite |
| cathedral | St. John's Cathedral, Tiruvalla |
| Website | http://www.tiruvallaarchdiocese.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Eparchy Battery Eparchy Muvattupuzha Eparchy Puthur Eparchy Gurgaon |
The archeparchy Tiruvalla ( lat. : Archieparchia Tiruvallensis ) is in India located archeparchy the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church based in Tiruvalla ( district Pathanamthitta , State of Kerala ).
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Eparchy Tiruvalla with the Apostolic Constitution Christo pastorum Principi on June 11, 1932. On October 28, 1978 it lost part of its territory to the Eparchy Battery .
The eparchy was elevated to an archparchy on May 15, 2006. It lost further parts on January 15, 2003 to the Muvattupuzha Eparchy .
The archbishopric 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.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Tiruvalla
- Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal (1932–1950)
- Severios Giuseppe Valakuzhyil (1950–1955)
- Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal (1955–1977)
- Isaac Youhanon Koottaplakil (1978-1987)
- Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel (1988-2003)
- Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal (2003-2006)
Archbishops of Tiruvalla
- Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal (2006–2007) (afterwards Grand Archbishop of Trivandrum)
- Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal (since March 26, 2007)
See also
Web links
- The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church: Historical Overwiew. Archeparchy of Tiruvalla, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 (English).
- Entry on Archeparchy Tiruvalla on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)