Mar Andrews Thazhath (born 13 December 1951) is an Indian

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

prelate and Archeparch of Thissur in the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

Life

He is the third and the present

metropolitan archbishop Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Trichur-Palayoor, in Thrissur District of Central Kerala, India, with nearly half a million Syro-Malabar Catholics now, used to be the largest Catholic diocese in India when it included the Syro-Malaba ...

from 2007. He was nominated as the archbishop succeeding

Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy (born 13 December 1930) is an East Syriac Catholic Archbishop Emeritus, First Bishop of Mananthavady diocese, Second bishop of Thamarassery diocese and the second Metropolitan Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdioc ...

on 22 January 2007 and was installed to the office on 18 March 2007 by Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil. He is the founder of Legion of Apostolic Families (LOAF), a lay pious association of consecrated families founded in 2009. On 30 July 2022 in addition to his current duties archbishop Thazhath was appointed as an

Apostolic Administrator sede plena An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

of the Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam–Angamaly

Selected publications

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References

External links

Profile at the Catholic Hierarchy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thazhath, Andrews 1950 births Living people Syro-Malabar Catholics Archbishops of Thrissur 21st-century Eastern Catholic archbishops Syro-Malabar archbishops 20th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops Pontifical Oriental Institute alumni People from Thrissur district