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Eparchy of Mavelikara

Mavelikaren(sis)

Syro-Malankara rite eparchy in Kerala, India, within the province of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum. Erected 2 January 2007 as the sixth eparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Its seat is St Mary's Church, Punnamoodu, Mavelikara.

The see

Rank
Suffragan eparchy
Tradition
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Erected
23 December 2006
Latin
Mavelikaren(sis)
Patron
Blessed Virgin Mary
Annuario code
001002191

The see in figures

Catholics
37,000
Population
2,542,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
1.5%
Priests
81
Catholics per priest
457
Extent
4,048 km²
Catholics per km²
9.1

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
Mathews Polycarpos

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 Mary's Cathedral Church, Punnamoodu, Mavelikara stands in Mavelikara, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.