The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thamarassery is an

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, under 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 ...

. It was created on 28 April 1986. On Monday, 18 January 2010, the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church, meeting at Mt. St. Thomas (with the assent of the Holy See) appointed Mar Remigiose Inchananiyil, secretary and chancellor of Thamarassery, and judge of the major archiepiscopal tribunal, as the new bishop.

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Paul Chittilapilly Paul Chittilapilly (7 February 1934 – 6 September 2020) was a bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Chittipilly was born in Mattom in the Thrissur district of Kerala and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. Following his return f ...

was the bishop emeritus of the diocese and he died on 6th September 2020. Mar Remigius Inchananiyil was consecrated on 8 April 2010. The bishop's House is situated near chavara hospital thamarassery. The

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is governed by the Major Archbishop of Erankulam-Angamaly and the

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of all bishops of the ''sui iuris'' Church, both within and outside of India. Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Thamarassery comes under the Metropolitan Province of Tellicherry. There are several important churches under the ''Eparchy of Thamarassery''. The most prominent among them are St. Thomas Forane Church Koorachudu and Sacred Heart Forane Church Thiruvambady.

Foranes under Diocese of Thamarassery

* Karuvarakundu Holy Family Church (1972) * Kodenchery St.Mary's Church (1949) * Koorachundu St. Thomas Church (1947) * Malappuram St. Thomas Church (2005) * Marudonkara St.Mary's Church (1939) * Paroppady St. Antony's Church (1969) * Perinthalamanna St. Alphonsa's Church (1995) * Thamarassery Mary Matha Cathedral Church (1984) * Thiruvambady Sacred Heart Church (1944) * Thottumukkom St. Thomas Church (1960) * Vilangad St. Georges Church (1968) Under this 11 Foranes there are 118 parishes, 14 stations also there. Around 30,000 families & 1.30 lakhs members are there total in Diocese.

References

Bibliography

*P.T. SEBASTIAN, The Sociology of Christian Migration to Malabar 1930 - 1980, (thesis), University of Calicut, Kozhikode-Kerala 2002.

External links

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery at Catholic-Hierarchy

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thamarassery Eastern Catholic dioceses in India Syro-Malabar Catholic dioceses Archdiocese of Tellicherry Christian organizations established in 1986 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1986 establishments in Kerala Dioceses in Kerala