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Syro-Malabar Church

Quick Facts

Tradition
Christianity · Catholic · Eastern
Current leader
Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil
Leader since
January 10th 2024
Days in office

Intro

The Syro-Malabar Church is an Eastern Catholic church based mainly in Kerala, India, that uses the East Syriac liturgical tradition and is one of the largest Eastern Catholic churches in the world.

Structure

There are 35 eparchies (dioceses). Nine of them are Metropolitan archeparchies, each administered by a Metropolitan Archbishop leading the ecclesiastical provinces of the church comprising 22 suffragan eparchies, all in India. The Archeparchy of Kottayam enjoys personal jurisdiction over the Southist (Knanaya) Syro-Malabar Catholics in India. The remaining 4 eparchies serve the United States, Oceania, the UK and Canada. In addition, there are apostolic visitors appointed for EU and GCC countries.

Source(s)

Source: Intro adapted from the Wikipedia article "Syro-Malabar Church". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Structure section text copied verbatim from the Wikipedia article "Syro-Malabar Church". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.