Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry
Archdiocese of Tellicherry Archidioecesis Tellicherriensis | |
|---|---|
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church | |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Established | 31 December 1953 |
| Cathedral | St Joseph's Cathedral in Palissery, Thalassery |
| Patron saint | Saint Joseph[1] |
| Secular priests | 475 (304 diocesan, 171 religious)[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Raphael Thattil |
| Archeparch | Joseph Pamplany |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Website | |
| archdioceseoftellicherry | |
| [1][2] | |
The Archeparchy of Tellicherry (also anglicized as the Archdiocese of Thalassery) is a
The ecclesiastical province 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 Church Diocese of Calicut. Later, as Syro-Malabar Catholics 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 on April 29, 1955.
Malabar Migration
The history of the
Suffagran eparchies
- Source: GCatholic[3]
- Eparchy of Belthangady
- Eparchy of Bhadravathi
- Eparchy of Mandya
- Eparchy of Mananthavady
- Eparchy of Thamarassery
Saints and causes for canonisation
- Armond Madhavath[4]
See also
- Sacred Heart Schools, Angadikadavu – School in Kannur District
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry, India (Syro-Malabar Rite) Info". 1 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Archeparchy)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)". 1 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "The meeting of CCMSI". www.ofmcap.org. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
External links
- Archdiocese of Thalassery website
- Archdiocese of Thalassery -- Information & Photographs
- "Archdiocese of Thalassery". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006.
- Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemperi
- Vimal Jyothi Institute of Management and Research, Chemperi
- Archeparchial curia | Archdiocese of Tellichery
- History | Archdiocese of Tellichery
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