The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Hosur-Mylapore is an Eastern Syriac Catholic eparchy headquartered in

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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 established by

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on 10 October 2017, and Mar Sebastian Pozholiparampil was appointed its first bishop. The cathedral is St. Antony's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Church at Noothenchery and the bishop's chancellory is at St. Thomas Pastoral Centre

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. The Syro Malabar Church is not a language-based community. It is an Oriental (East Syriac Rite) Catholic church, in full communion with the Church of Rome. Before the creation of this Eparchy, the Chennai Mission was founded in 1981 to serve the Syro-Malabar community in

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(Madras). Priests from the Eparchy of Irinjalakkuda volunteered their time to travel to Chennai to provide members who were present in the cities for work and studies. Diocese of Hosur was blessed with a new priest, Fr. Shebin Chazhoor. He is from Perambur, St.Joseph Parish. He has completed his minor seminary at Irinjalakuda St.Paul's Minor Seminary. Later, he completed bph from Mary Matha Major Seminary,

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. He took his BTh from

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Parishes

Foranes and Parishes

1. Noothenchery Forane

Noothenchery Neelankarai Gorimedu - Pondicherry Jaya Nagar - Pondicherry

2. Keelkattalai Forane

Keelkattalai St. Thomas Mount Pozhichallur Velacherry

3. Mogappair Forane

Mogappair Valasaravakkam Poonamallee Athipet Ambatur

4. Avadi Forane

IAF Avadi Kovilpathagai Pattabiram Vellore

5. Ayanavarm Forane

Ayanavaram Kodambakkam Mylapore Hosur

6. Perambur Forane

Perambur Thiruvottiyur Eranavoor Otteri

References

External links

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