Eparchy of Kothamangalam
Kothamangalamen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Kothamangalam, India
Syro-Malabar (East Syriac rite) eparchy in Kerala, India, within the province of the Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly. Erected 29 July 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Its seat is St George's Cathedral in Kothamangalam.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 29 July 1956
- Latin
- Kothamangalamen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001896
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 231,300
- Population
- 885,320
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 26.1%
- Priests
- 543
- Catholics per priest
- 426
- Extent
- 4,840 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
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 George Madathikandathil
- Born
- 9 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Purapuzha
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 George's Cathedral, Kothamangalam stands in Kothamangalam, 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 Ernakulam-Angamaly
A suffragan of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ernakulam-AngamalyErnakulam-Angamaly
- Eparchy of IdukkiIdukki
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.