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(Suffragan:
Kothamangalam, Idukki) |
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Archbishop
Cardinal
Varkey Vithayathil
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Auxiliary Bishop
Mar Thomas Chakiath
(Titular Bishop of Uzippari)
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Auxiliary Bishop
Mar Sebastian Adayanthrath
(Titular Bishop of
Macriana Maggiore)
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Dioceses At a Glance |
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Patron: |
Sacred Heart of Jesus |
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Area: |
1500
sq. km. |
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Total Population:
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42,90,353 |
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Catholics:
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4,45,377 |
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Languages:
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Malayalam, English |
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Revenue Districts:
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Ernakulam, Trichur, Kottayam,
Alappuzha. |
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Former Bishops: |
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Mar Aloysius
Pazheparambil (1896 –
1919) |
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Mar Augustine Kandathil
(1919 – 1956) |
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Cardinal Joseph
Parecattil (1956 – 1984) |
| 4. |
Mar Sebastian
Mankuzhikary -
Ap.Administrator (1984 –
1985) |
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Cardinal Antony Padiyara
(1985 – 1996)
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| 6. |
Mar Jacob Mananthodath
Aux. Bishop (1992 –
1996) |
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A
Short History |
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On 28th July 1896 Pope Leo XIII
by his Bull “Quae Rei Sacrae”
reorganized the whole territory
of the then existing two
Vicariates Apostolic of Trichur
and Kottayam and created three
Vicariates in their place. One
of them was Ernakulam. Mar Louis
Pazheparampil was appointed as
its Vicar Apostolic. On 21st
December 1923 as the Syro-Malabar
hierarchy was established
Ernakulam became a Metropolitan
See and the then Vicar Apostolic
Mar Augustine Kandathil was
nominated Metropolitan. On 10th
January 1957 a new diocese,
Kothamangalam was erected
separating parts of Ernakulam.
On 16th December 1992 when the
Syro-Malabar Church was made
major archiepiscopal archdiocese
of Ernakulam was made the See of
the Major Archbishop and the
name was changed to
Ernakulam-Angamaly. The
archdiocese comprises of the
entire civil district of
Ernakulam and portions of
Trichur, Kottayam and Alappuzha
in Kerala. |
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