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. Mar Poulose Pandari, a Chaldean Bishop belongs to Puthenchira parish of this diocese.

History

East Syriac Archdiocese of All India

Archdiocese of Angamaly

Bishops and hierarchs after the Synod of Diamper

Diocese of Angamalé

Taken into Roman Catholicism and degraded into a diocese by Roman Catholic Padroado Colonial power and Jesuit missionaries: 20 Dec 1599 through the Synod of Diamper Syriac language ''name:Angamali
Latin Name: Angamalensis''

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Name: Angamaly

Archdiocese of Cranganore

''Name Changed: 1600'' Malayalam name: Kodungalloor
''Latin Name: Cranganorensis'' *

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S.J. (Francisco Rodríguez) (15 Dec 1599 - 18 Feb 1624 Died) * Etienne de Brito, S.J. (18 Feb 1624 - 2 Dec 1641 Died) *

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(8 Jan 1689 - ? Resigned before consecration) *

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(19 Apr 1694 - 30 Dec 1697 Resigned) *

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, S.J. (5 Dec 1701 - 24 Jan 1716 Died) *

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, S.J. (19 Jul 1756 - 7 Apr 1777 Died) * Kariattil Mar Iousep (16 Dec 1782 - 9 Sep 1786 Died) ** Paremmakkal Thomas (Administrator) (1786 - 1799) * Teodoro Botelho Homen Bernardes (26 Aug 1806 Confirmed - ) * Paulo a Santo Tomas de Aquino, O.P. (17 Dec 1819 - 19 Dec 1823 Died) * José Joaquim de Oliveira Carvalho (da Imaculada Conceição Amarante), O.F.M. Obs. (19 Dec 1825- 1835 Died) ''1838: Suppressed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly''

References

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