Eparchy of Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzhen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malankara Catholic Church · Muvattupuzha, India
Syro-Malankara Catholic eparchy in Kerala, India, erected in 2003 by bifurcating the Archeparchy of Tiruvalla, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is St. Joseph's Cathedral in Muvattupuzha and it serves about 14,000 Malankara-rite faithful.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Erected
- 19 December 2002
- Latin
- Muvattupuzhen(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001002321
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,000
- Population
- 1,760,430
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 280
- Extent
- 36,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Yoohanon Mor Theodosius
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. Joseph's Cathedral, Muvattupuzha stands in Muvattupuzha, 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 Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara)
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Tiruvalla.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of PuthurPuthur
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.