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The Vicariate was established in 1896, when the first archbishop was appointed. The Syro-Malabar's current hierarchical structure was established in 1923, and Ernakulam elevated as an archdiocese. In 1993, when Syro-Malabar Catholic Church was raised to major archiepiscopal church, Ernakulam became the seat of the major archbishop.
The Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Catholic Church, traces its origin to apostolic times.Historically, the church developed as the Malankara Church, a suffragan of the Metropolis of Persia and India under the Church of the East and later elevated as the Metropolis of All India of the Church of the East in the seventh century by Patriarch Ishoʿyahb III.
Syriac inscription at Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archbishop's House, Ernakulam. The curia of the Syro-Malabar Church began to function in March 1993 at the archbishop's house of Ernakulam-Angamaly. In May 1995, it was shifted to new premises at Mount St. Thomas near Kakkanad, Kochi. The newly constructed curial building was opened in July 1998.
On December 7, 2023, The Syro Malabar Church announced that Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal would serve as the archiepiscopal administrator of the entire Syro Malabar Church upon Pope Francis accepting the resignation of the major archbishop of the Syro Malabar Church Cardinal Mar George Alencherry due to Eastern Canon Law stating that the curia ...
Raphael Thattil (Syriac: ܡܳܪܝ ܪܰܦܳܐܝܶܠ ܛܰܛܺܝܠ) (born 21 April 1956) is an Indian Major Archbishop of the Catholic Church who serves as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, the largest Eastern Catholic Church, and as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly since January 2024.
Mar Joseph Pamplany (born 11 December 1969) is a is an Indian archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church serving as the Archbishop of Tellicherry since 2022 and as the Vicar of the Major Archbishop for the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly since January 2025.
The Syro-Malabar Hierarchy was established in 1923, and Ernakulam was raised to the Metropolitan status or Archdiocesan status, and Mar Augustine Kandathil was made the first archbishop and Head of Syro-Malabar Church. Ernakulam was raised as the See of Syro-Malabar Church in 1923. Mar Augustine Kandathil served the archdiocese until his death ...
The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by ecclesiastical province and diocese.The bishops of India include two major archbishops, one each of the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara church, and one of the four titular patriarchs of the Latin Church.