The Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or major archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Trivandrum, India. Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, presides over the . The cathedra is at St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Catholic Cathedral in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a metropolitan see with four suffragan eparchies.

History

The Archeparchy of Trivandrum was erected in 1932. Its suffragan eparchies are Marthandom, Mavelikara, Pathanamthitta, Parassala and St. Ephrem of Khadki.

Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum

Major Archbishop-Catholicos

Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum and Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was elected Major Archbishop of Trivandrum in 2007.

Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum

Statistics

In 2020 the Archeparchy had an estimated 1,81,400 faithful, in 217 parishes, with 151 diocesan priests, 34 religious priests, 19 religious brothers, 642 religious sisters, and 89 seminarians.

Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum

Saints and causes for canonisation

Geevarghese Ivanios

References

Seminaries

St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary

St. Aloysius Seminary, Thiruvananthapuram

External links

Archeparchy info from the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church website

Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum

Syro-Malankara Catholic dioceses

Dioceses in Kerala

Dioceses established in the 20th century

1932 establishments in India

Christian organizations established in 1932

Churches in Thiruvananthapuram district