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Though the Syro-Malabar has an
existence of almost two thousand
years in India and her head had
jurisdiction all over India until
the end of the 16th century at
present the Syro-Malabar Major
Archbishop has no jurisdiction
outside the five metropolitan
provinces of Ernakulam-Angamaly,
Changanacherry, Trichur, Tellicherry and
Kottayam because in 1992 when
this Church was declared Major
Archiepiscopal the territory was
restricted to these areas. The
dioceses of Adilabad, Bijnor, Chanda,
Gorakhpur, Jagdalpur, Kalyan, Rajkot,
Sagar, Satna and Ujjain are still
under the neighbouring Latin archdioceses.
Except the diocese of Kalyan, they
are mission dioceses of exclusive
Syro-Malabar jurisdictions.
The eparchy of Kalyan is
multi-jurisdictional and
personal-territorial in the sense
that there are five Latin dioceses
overlapping the territory of the
diocese of Kalyan and the Syro-Malabar
jurisdiction is applicable only to
those Syro-Malabar Catholics in the
territory of the Diocese of Kalyan.
Hence the diocese of Kalyan has a
two-fold mission, namely pastoral
care of it 100,000 faithful
concentrated mainly in the 5 civil
districts of Maharashtra, such as
Greater Mumbai, Raigad, Thane, Pune
and Nashik and evangelization of the
remaining 10 civil districts of
which 4 are assigned to MST (Sangli
Mission), 3 to CMI (Chavara Mission
of Dhule), 2 to MCBS (Satara-Solapur
Mission) and 1 to the Vincentians (Ahmednagar). The eparchy of St. Thomas the
Apostle in Chicago (USA) is also
multi-jurisdictional and is directly
under the Holy See. However, the
bishops of these dioceses are
members of the Syro-Malabar Bishops’
Synod though the decisions of the
synod, unless they are liturgical,
are not binding on them.
Outside these two categories of
dioceses there are many communities
of Syro-Malabarians in many parts of
India as well as in foreign
countries. Within India there are
big communities of Syro-Malabarians
in the archdioceses of Bangalore,
Delhi, Madras-Mylapore, Calcutta,
Agra and
so on. According to the Canon Law of
both the Latin Church and of the
Oriental Churches these bishops are
to provide for the pastoral care of
the Syro-Malabarians in their
dioceses using the services of Syro-Malabar
priests and if their spiritual needs
require it special structures such
as separate parishes, separate
Episcopal vicars or even dioceses,
should be provided.
Besides these officially recognized
missions there are large number of Syro-Malabrians both in the Western
countries as well as in the Gulf
region. However, no precise
statistics of these Syro-Malabarians are available
because collecting such statistics
often becomes sensational in the
local Catholic communities governed
in all cases by Latin Ordinaries and
taken care of by priests of Latin
rite.
In 1987 Pope John Paul II personally
intervened and sent to the Catholic
Bishops of India a letter in which
among other things he said:
Regarding the
pastoral care of the faithful of the
Eastern rites who are living in the
Latin-rite Dioceses, in accordance
with the spirit and letter of the
Conciliar Decrees Christus Dominus,
n. 23, 3 and Orientlaium Ecclesiarum,
n. 4, the Latin ordinaries of such
Dioceses are to provide as soon as
possible for an adequate pastoral
care of the faithful of these
Eastern rites, through the ministry
of priests, or through parishes of
the rite, where this would be
indicated, or through an Episcopal
vicar endowed with necessary
faculties, where circumstances would
so indicate” (n. 5c)
This Papal intervention was followed
by the erection of the Syro-Malabar
diocese of Kalyan for the
Syro-Malabarians who were in the
archdiocese of Bombay and the
dioceses of Pune and Nasik.
In the Plenary Session of the
Congregation for the Oriental
Churches in Rome on 1st October 1998
the then Prefect of that
Congregation, Cardinal Achille
Silvestrini made the following
intervention in favour of the
Oriental faithful in the Latin
dioceses:
I would be
grateful if you would pay special
attention to the pastoral care of
the Eastern faithful in the diaspora.
In this regard it is necessary for
everyone, both Latin and Oriental,
to grasp the sensitive implications
of the situation, which is a real
challenge for the survival of the
Christian East and for a general
reconsideration of its pastoral
programmes. Indeed the pastors of
the Latin Church are first of all
invited to deepen their knowledge of
the existence and heritage of the
Eastern Catholic Churches and to
encourage the faithful entrusted to
their care to do the same. Secondly,
they are called to promote and
defend the right of the Eastern
faithful to live and pray according
to the tradition received from the
Fathers of their own Church.
Lately in the Post Synodal
Exhortation Ecclesia in Asia of Pope
John Paul II, he made the following
remark:
The situation
of the Catholic Eastern Churches,
principally of the Middle East and
India, merits special attention.
From Apostolic times they have been
the custodians of a precious
spiritual, liturgical and
theological heritage. Their
traditions and rites, born of a deep
inculturation of the faith in the
soil of many Asian countries,
deserve the greatest respect. With
the Synod Fathers, I call upon
everyone to recognize the legitimate
customs and the legitimate freedom
of these Churches in disciplinary
and liturgical matters, as
stipulated by the Code of Canons of
the Eastern Churches. Following the
teaching of the Second Vatican
Council, there is an urgent need to
overcome the fears and
misunderstandings which appear at
times between the Catholic Eastern
Churches and the Latin Church, and
among those Churches themselves,
especially with regard to the
pastoral care of their people, also
outside their own territories. As
children of the one Church, reborn
into the newness of life in Christ,
believers are called to undertake
all things in a spirit of common
purpose, trust and unfailing
charity. Conflicts must not be
allowed to create division, but must
instead be handled in a spirit of
truth and respect, since no good can
come except from love.
These venerable Churches are
directly involved in ecumenical
dialogue with their sister Orthodox
Churches, and the Synod Fathers
urged them to pursue this path They
have also had valuable experiences
in inter-religious dialogue,
especially with Islam. This can be
helpful to other Churches in Asia
and elsewhere. It is clear that the
Catholic Eastern Churches possess a
great wealth of tradition and
experience which can greatly benefit
the whole Church (No. 27).
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Official Syro-Malabar Missions
Outside Proper Territory |
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Agra - Etawah Mission
(Archdiocese of Changanacherry) |
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Mission
Superior:
Mission Headquarters: |
Fr. Thomas
Ezhikad
St. Mary's Inter College
Civil Lines, Etawah, UP
Tel: 05688-254002, 254626 |
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Bangalore |
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Vicar:
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Fr Mathew
Koikara CMI
Vicar, St Thomas Forane Church
Dharmaram College P.O.
Bangalore-560 029
Tel No. 080-41116390 |
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Rector
Dharmaram College: |
Very Rev. Fr James
Narithookkil CMI
Dharmaram College
Dharmaram College P.O.
Bangalore-560029 |
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Chennai
(Diocese of Irinjalakuda) |
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Chaplain:
Mission
Head Quarters: |
Rev. Dr Varghese Pereppadan
St Thomas Pastoral Centre
16, Ayanavaram Road,
Chennai-600 023
Tel. 044- 26443803
Fax. 044-26444183
E-mail:
stpcchennai@yahoo.com
Website:
www.stpc.santhomechurch.com
www.santhomechurch.com |
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Kolkotta |
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Parish Priest: |
Fr.Ludovic, CMI
St Thomas
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
1/1 Bonamali Ghoshal Lane
Kolkotha 700 034 (WB)
Phone: 033-24683890
E-mail:
kdharmacmi@vsnl.net
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New Delhi (Archdiocese of
Ernakulam-Angamaly) |
Head of the Mission
Central Office |
Rev. Fr Jose Edassery,
Coordinator DSMM
533 Double Storey, New
Rajinder Nagar,
New Delhi -110060;
Tel: 011-28745050;
Tele-fax: 011-28744092
E-mail:
smmdelhi@smmdelhi.com
Website:
www.smmdelhi.com |
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Surat |
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Rev. Fr. Mathew Anchil
Catholic
Church
Dutch Road – Nanpura
Surat – Gujarat 395 001
Tel: 0261-2465326
Mobile: 09725237835
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Baroda |
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Fr. Abraham Orathel, VC
Rosary Cathedral
Pratapgunj, Vadodara
Gujrat – 390 002
Mobile: 09428582567
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Pondicherry |
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Fr. Sebastian Chittilapilly,
CMI,
Parish Priest,
St. Thomas Personal Parish,
Pondicherry
Fr. Anto Nayankara, CMI
Asst. Parish Priest,
St. Thomas Personal Parish,
Pondicherry
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Australia |
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Fr John Aravankara
St Francis DE Sales Church
626 Pascoe Vale Rd
Oak Park 3046 VIC, Australia
Phone: 613 9306 5181
Fax: 613 9300 2483
Email:
jaravankara@yahoo.com.au
Fr. Vincent Madathiparambil,
CMI
C/o Fr. John Aravanakara
St Francis DE Sales Church
626 Pascoe Vale Rd
Oak Park 3046 VIC, Australia
Phone: 613 9306 5181
Fax: 613 9300 2483
Rev. Fr.
Francis Kolencherry
Syro-Malabar
Chaplain
P.O.
Box 11
Goulburn,
NSW-2580
AUSTRALIA
francis.kolenchery@gmail.com
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Austria |
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Rev. Dr
Thomas Thandappilly CST
(Chaplain)
Pfarre Maria Lourdes, A-1120
Vienna, Tivoligasse 20
Tel. 817 42 06 (0699 1 19 66
771)
E-mail:
thandappilly@aon.at
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England |
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Co-ordinator |
Rev. Fr. Thomas Parayadyil
MST
Our Lady of
Lourdes
373 Bowes Road
London
N11 1AA.
U.K.
parayady@gmx.de
Fr. Jose Thaiparampil SJ
St.
Wilfred's Presbytery
1
Winckly Square,
Preston
PRI 3JJ,
U.K.
Rev. Fr.
Sebastian Areekkatt
Hall Green,
220 Lakey Lane
Birmingham
B 28 8QU,
U.K.
sebastianarikatt@hotmail.com
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Germany |
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Rev. Fr
Devadas Paul CMF
Claretiner-Seminar
Huehnerweg 25
60599 Frankfurt/M.
Tel. 0049-69-61000917
Mob: 0049-163-5206673
Fax: 0049-69-61000926
E-mail:
devadaspaul@hotmail.com
Pater Ignatious Chalissery
C.M.I.
Seelsorger für die Inder
Danzierstr. 55
51063 Köln
Telephone:
(02 21) 62 98 68
Telefax:
(02 21) 62 43 94
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Ireland |
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Fr.
Thankachan Njhaliath, O. Carm
32
Earlsfort Road,
Lucan
South,
Co. Dublin,
Ireland
Ph:
00353-16212560
tnjaliath@rediffmail.com
Fr. Mathew
Arackaparambil
32
Earlsfort Road,
Lucan
South,
Co. Dublin,
Ireland
Ph:
00353-16212560
marackaparambil@yahoo.ie
Fr. Johnson
Chalissery
Holy
Trinity Capuchin Friary
Fr. Mathew
Quay
Cork –
Ireland
Email:
cygodson@gmail.com
Tel:
021-4270827/4275419
Fax:
021-4270829
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Scotland |
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Fr. Sebastian Kallath VC
St. Bride's
Church
21
Greenlees Road
Cambuslang,
G72
8JB
Scotland,
UK
kallathvc67@yahoo.co.in
Fr. Joy Cheradiyil CMF
St.
James Church
20
Beltrees Road,
G53 5TE ,Glasgow,
U.K.
joycherady@yahoo.co.in
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Italy |
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National Coordinator
of the Syro- Malabar Catholic
in
Italy
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Fr, Jose Pollayil
Domus Romana Sacerdotalis,
Via della Traspontina - 18
00193,
Roma, Italia.
Ph. No.- 0039-0669894506
Cell - 0039 - 3471369594
e-mail:
josepollayil@gmail.com
Rev. Fr. Cherian Kanjirakompil,
Procurator of the Syro-Malabar
Church
Abbazia di S. Bernardo alle
Terme
Via Torino, 94
00184 Roma, Italy
Ph. No. 0039064220028
Mob: 00393337888007
e-mail:
ckanjirakompil@gmail.com
Rev. Fr.
George Mandapathil
Via Chiesa
20
31030
Castelcucco (Tv)
Treviso,
ITALY
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Switzerland |
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P. Varghese
Nadackal MST
Uchserstr.
8
8157
Dielsdorf
Switzerland
Tel. 0041
43 4220566 (Pvt),
0041448532280 (Office)
Mob.
0041763967241
Fax:
0041448532267
E-mail:
nadackal@zh.kath.ch
Rev. Fr Thomas Plappillil
Cite St Justin
Rue de Rome 3
CH 1700, Fribourg
Switzerland
Tel: 0041-263511637 |
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GULF COUNTRIES |
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Gulf Co-ordinator: |
Dr Mohan Thomas
E-mail:
drmt@quatar.net.qu |
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Bahrain |
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Joseph K. Thomas
President
Syro-Malabar Community
P.O.Box 11734,
Manama, BAHRAIN
Mobile :
00973-3-9467651
Fax: 00973
258441 |
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Doha-Qatar |
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Dr. Mohan Thomas Pakalomattom
Chief Co-ordinator
Syro-Malabar Community, Gulf
State
P.O. Box 14581
Doha-Qatar
Ph:
00974-4688990 ®, Mobile 00974
5529898,
Fax:00974-4350078,
E-mail:
drmt@quatar.net.qa
Web:
www.syromalabarqatar.org
Mr. Siby Vaniapurackal, Doha
Ph: 00974-4404328, Mo:
00974-5689968 |
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Kuwait |
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Shaju Paul Konnackel
General Secertary
Syro -_Malabar
Cultural Association –Kuwait
E-mail:
paul_shaju@yahoo.com |
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Oman |
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Sunny Mathai, President,
Joseph C. Lonthyil, Secretary
Syro-Malabar Community, OMAN,
P.O.Box: 1088,
Postal code: 117, AL WADI AL
KABIR,
Sultanate of OMAN.
E-mail:
joselonth@hotmail.com |
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Saudi-Arabia |
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A. C. Mathew,
General Secretary,
P.O. Box – 62640
Riyadh- 11595
KSA
Ph:
00966-57285606 (mobile)
E-mail.
mathewac@catholicweb.com,
syromalabar@catholicweb.com |
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