page_title: Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanassery
hierarchical_section_title: Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanassery
caption_attribution_description: St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery by Gashwin Gomes
context_page_description: The Marthoma Nazrani Archeparchy of Changanassery is a Syro-Malabar Catholic archeparchy with an area of 24,595 km² comprising the districts of Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, and also Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the largest Catholic dioceses in India. Mar Joseph Perumthottam is the current Metropolitan Archbishop, serving since 2007. Mar Thomas Tharayil has been the auxiliary bishop since 2017. And Mar Joseph Powathil is the bishop emeritus, having served from 1985 to 2007. Suffragan eparchies of the Changanassery archeparchy includes Palai, Kanjirappally, and Thuckalay.
  The Changanassery Archeparchy is one of the first two Syro-Malabar Vicariates, along with Trichur, when Pope Leo XIII in 1887 re-organized Syro-Malabar Catholics as a separate church from the Latin Church's jurisdiction ever since the Synod of Diamper in 1599. It is also the second Metropolitan Archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar hierarchy which can be considered as a prelude to the restoration of the identity of the Church in 1992 as a sui juris church. It covers 13 forane churches and more than 300 churches.
context_section_description: The Marthoma Nazrani Archeparchy (Archdiocese) of Changanassery is a Syro-Malabar Catholic archeparchy with an area of 24,595 km² comprising the districts of Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, and also Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the largest Catholic dioceses in India. Mar Joseph Perumthottam is the current Metropolitan Archbishop, serving since 2007. Mar Thomas Tharayil has been the auxiliary bishop since 2017. And Mar Joseph Powathil is the bishop emeritus, having served from 1985 to 2007. Suffragan eparchies of the Changanassery archeparchy includes Palai, Kanjirappally, and Thuckalay (Tamil Nadu).
  The Changanassery Archeparchy is one of the first two Syro-Malabar Vicariates (originally named Kottayam), along with Trichur, when Pope Leo XIII in 1887 re-organized Syro-Malabar Catholics as a separate church from the Latin Church's jurisdiction ever since the Synod of Diamper in 1599. It is also the second Metropolitan Archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar hierarchy which can be considered as a prelude to the restoration of the identity of the Church in 1992 as a sui juris church. It covers 13 forane churches and more than 300 churches. It also manages a lot of hospitals, colleges, schools - both general and those for the physically/mentally challenged, orphanages, de-addiction centers and old-age homes.
caption: St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral
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