The Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See...

 in Tiruvalla

Tiruvalla

Tiruvalla , is a city and a Taluk headquarters located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala in South India, spread over an area of 27.94 km2...

, in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

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. Metropolitan Archbishop

Metropolitan bishop

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 Aboon Mor Thomas Koorilos currently presides. The seat of the eparchy is at St. John's Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral in
Tiruvalla.

History

The eparchy of Tiruvalla was erected in 1932, and raised to the status of an archeparchy in 2006. Its suffragan eparchies are those of Bathery, Muvattupuzha, and Puthil.

Current bishops

The Metropolitan of Tiruvalla is Mar Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal, appointed in 2007. Auxiliary Bishop Philippos Stephanos Thottathil was appointed in 2010.

Statistics

As of 2008, the archeparchy has an estimated 37,486 faithful, in 133 parishes, with 106 diocesan priests, 25 religious priests, 54 religious brothers, 267 religious sisters, and 33 seminarians.

External links

• Archeparchy info from the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
  Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
  The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See...
  
  website
• Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla Official website
• About the Archeparchy