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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.
George Koovakad was born in Chethipuzha, an urban district in the municipality of Changanacherry, Kerala, on 11 August 1973. [2] [3]He earned his intermediate and bachelor's degrees in chemistry from SB College, Changanassery in 1994 where he was also the president of Catholic Students Movement in the college.
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.
The Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese caused a major controversy for the Syro-Malabar Church around the implementation of celebrating uniform mode of Holy Mass. Archbishop Mar Antony Kariyil's leadership and resignation [1] in 2022, against the backdrop of resistance to Archbishop Mar George Alencherry, marked a significant phase.
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.
Vaniyapurackal was born on March 29, 1967, in Kokkayar, Kerala, as the eighth child of V.M. Thomas and Aleyamma.He attended St. Louis L.P. School in Mundakayam and St. Joseph High School in Peruvanthanam before when in 1982 he began his priestly formation at Mary Matha Minor Seminary in Podimattom.
The Major Archbishop-Catholicos of Thiruvananthapuram is the head of the Major Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.The Major Archbishop, a position equivalent to Patriarch and locally called as Head & Father of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
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.