Eparchy of Thamarassery

Eparchy of Thamarassery
Location
Country	India
Metropolitan	Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry
Headquarters	Thamarassery
Statistics
Area	5,893 km^2 (2,275 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 5,749,275 124,664 (2.2%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Rite	Syro-Malabar
Cathedral	Mary Matha Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Major Archbishop	Raphael Thattil
Bishop	Remigiose Inchananiyil
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Pamplany
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The Eparchy of Thamarassery is an Syro-Malabar Catholic Church eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Created on 28 April 1986, it Is under the Province of Tellicherry, and governed by the Major Archbishop of Erankulam-Angamaly and the synod of all bishops of the sui iuris Church, both within and outside India.

The eparchy has several important churches, foremost being Saint Thomas Forane Church Koorachudu, and Sacred Heart Forane Church Thiruvambady.

The current eparch is Remigiose Inchananiyil, until then eparchy secretary and chancellor, and judge of the major archiepiscopal tribunal, appointed on Monday, 18 January 2010 by the Syro-Malabar Synod of Bishops’ meeting at Mount Saint Thomas (with the assent of the Holy See). He was consecrated on 8 April 2010.

Eparchial bishops

Sl.No	Ordinary	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Sebastian Mankuzhikary	Bishop	1986	1994
2	Jacob Thoomkuzhy	Bishop	1995	1996
3	Paul Chittilapilly	Bishop	1996	2010
4	Remigiose Inchananiyil	Bishop	2010	present

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 these 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
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