The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thalassery (anglicised - Tellicherry) is an archeparchy of the

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in communion with the

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. The boundaries of the Thalassery

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were extended to include

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, Chickmangalore,

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and Ootty as there were settlers in the neighbouring States. The diocese covers an area of 18,000 km² and a

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population of 273,826. Since 2022, Joseph Pamplany is the Metropolitan Archbishop. The

came into existence on 31 December 1953 through the Papal bull ''Ad Christi Ecclesiam Regendam'' issued by Pope Pius XII. The boundaries of the new diocese were the same as those of the Latin Diocese of Calicut. But later, as Catholics of Syro-Malabar Church migrated even to the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the boundaries were extended to the present Latin Diocese of Mangalore, Chickmangalur, Mysore, Shimoga, and Ootacamund by a decree of the Holy See dated April 29, 1955.

Malabar Migration

The history of the

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and that of the ecclesiastical province of Thalassery are closely connected. The Thalassery diocese took up the struggle of the settlers, who were mostly Syriac Rite Catholics not accustomed to Roman Rite ceremonies. Petitions were sent to the

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by the bishops of the settlers, who had migrated to the British Malabar since 1930, requesting for a diocese of their own.

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, the Prefect of the Oriental Congregation came to Malabar and personally saw the pitiable situation of the settlers. With the help of locals and priests, they started to make changes in the region.

Suffagran eparchies

* Eparchy of Belthangady * Eparchy of Bhadravathi * Eparchy of Mandya * Eparchy of Mananthavady * Eparchy of Thamarassery

Saints and causes for canonisation

* Armond Madhavath

References

The Archdiocesan Curia, Directory of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Thalassery, Thalassery, 2000.

External links

Archdiocese of Thalassery websiteArchdiocese of Thalassery -- Information & Photographs

Thalassery Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the List of districts of India, districts of Mahé, India, Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode ...

Thalassery

Christian organizations established in 1953 Dioceses in Kerala Churches in Kannur district {{EasternCatholic-diocese-stub

Malabar Migration

Suffagran eparchies

Saints and causes for canonisation

See also

References

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