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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.
Archbishop Kandathil guided the life and work of the archdiocese and of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy for well over three decades. 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.
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 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.
To represent their position, Kerala's Syrian Catholics Joseph Kariattil and Paremmakkal Thomma Kathanar went to Rome in 1778. While they were in Europe, Kariatty Joseph Kathanar was installed in Portugal as the Archbishop of Kodungalloor Archdiocese. [57] While journeying home, they stayed in Goa where Kariattil died before he could formally ...
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.
Baselios Cleemis In liturgical vestments, 2015. Baselios Cleemis (born 15 June 1959) is the current major archbishop-catholicos [2] of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.He was named to the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 November 2012.