Eparchy of Marthandom
Marthandomen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malankara Catholic Church · Marthandam, India
Syro-Malankara rite eparchy in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India, within the province of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum. Erected 16 December 1996. Its seat is the Christuraja (Christ the King) Cathedral in Marthandam.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Erected
- 16 December 1996
- Latin
- Marthandomen(sis)
- Patron
- St Paul; St Therese of Lisieux
- Annuario code
- 001002173
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 75,000
- Population
- 2,026,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.7%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 1,829
- Extent
- 1,664 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 45
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
- Vincent Mar Paulos
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
Christuraja Cathedral, Marthandam stands in Marthandam, 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 Trivandrum
A suffragan of Trivandrum.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlleppeyAlleppey
- Diocese of NeyyattinkaraNeyyattinkara
- Diocese of PunalurPunalur
- Diocese of QuilonQuilon
- Diocese of TrivandrumTrivandrum
- Eparchy of MavelikaraMavelikara
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.