Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thalassery (anglicised - Tellicherry) is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church in communion with the See of Rome. The boundaries of the Thalassery ecclesiastical province were extended to include Mangalore, Chickmangalore, Mysore, Shimoga and Ootty as there were settlers in the neighbouring States. The diocese covers an area of 18,000 km² and a Catholic population of 273,826. Since 2014, Mar George Njaralakatt is the Metropolitan Archbishop.

Archdiocese of Tellicherry

Archidioecesis Tellicherriensis
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceTellicherry
Statistics
Area4,902 km2 (1,893 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2010)
3,810,000
307,682 (8.1%)
Information
Sui iuris churchSyro-Malabar Catholic Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral in Palissery, Thalassery
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopGeorge Alencherry
ArcheparchGeorge Njaralakatt
Auxiliary BishopsJoseph Pamplany
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The ecclesiastical province of Thalassery came into existence on 31 December 1953 through the Papal bull Ad Christi Ecclesiam Regendam issued by Pope Pius XII. The boundaries of the new diocese were the same as those of the Latin Diocese of Calicut. But later, as Catholics of Syro - Malabar Church migrated even to the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the boundaries were extended to the present Latin Diocese of Mangalore, Chickmangalur, Mysore, Shimoga, and Ootacamund by a decree of the Holy See dated April 29, 1955.

Malabar migration

The history of the Malabar Migration and that of the ecclesiastical province of Thalassery are closely connected. The Thalassery diocese took up the struggle of the settlers, who were mostly Syriac Rite Catholics not accustomed to Roman Rite ceremonies. Petitions were sent to the Holy See by the Bishops of the settlers, who had migrated to the British Malabar since 1930, requesting for a diocese of their own. Cardinal Tisserant, the Prefect of the Oriental Congregation came to Malabar and personally saw the pitiable situation of the settlers. With the help of locals and priests, they started to make changes in the region.

Suffagran dioceses

Saints and causes for canonisation
  • Fr. Armond Madhavath[1]

See also

References
  1. "The meeting of CCMSI". www.ofmcap.org. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

The Archdiocesan Curia, Directory of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Thalassery, Thalassery, 2000.


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