Eparchy of Hosur
Hosuren(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Hosur, India
The Eparchy of Hosur is a Syro-Malabar eparchy in Tamil Nadu, India, erected on 10 October 2017, within the province of the Archeparchy of Trichur. Its seat is St Antony's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Church in Noothenchery. Mar Sebastian Pozholiparampil is its first and current eparch.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 10 October 2017
- Latin
- Hosuren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Thomas
- Annuario code
- 001005078
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,000
- Population
- 31,235,120
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 22
- Catholics per priest
- 2,273
- Extent
- 54,303 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Sebastian Pozholiparampil
- Born
- 1 September 1957
- Birthplace
- Pullur
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Antony's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Church, Noothenchery stands in Hosur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Trichur
A suffragan of Trichur.
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of TrichurTrichur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established by Pope Francis on 10 October 2017, the Eparchy of Hosur-Mylapore is an Eastern Syriac Catholic eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church headquartered in Tamil Nadu, India. Mar Sebastian Pozholiparampil was appointed its first bishop. St. Antony's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Church at Noothenchery serves as the cathedral, while the bishop's chancellory is at St. Thomas Pastoral Centre Ayanavaram. The Syro Malabar Church is not a language-based community.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.