Eparchy of Thuckalay
Thuckalayen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Thuckalay, India
Syro-Malabar eparchy in the Kanyakumari region of Tamil Nadu, India, erected 11 November 1996. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Changanassery, with its seat at St Joseph's Cathedral, Soosaipuram, Thuckalay.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 11 November 1996
- Latin
- Thuckalayen(sis)
- Patron
- St George
- Annuario code
- 001003218
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 29,673
- Population
- 2,071,258
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.4%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 366
- Extent
- 1,794 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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 Rajendran
- Born
- 14 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Padanthalomoodu
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
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, Soosaipuram, Thuckalay stands in Thuckalay, 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 Changanassery
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Changanassery.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of KanjirapallyKanjirapally
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded on 11 November 1996, the Eparchy of Thuckalay (Syriac: ܕܡܛܪܢܘܬܐ ܬܟܠܝ, romanized: Maṭranūthā d-Thakkala; Tamil: தக்கலை மறைமாவட்டம், romanized: Takkalai Maṟaimāvattam) is an Eastern Catholic eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, located in Thuckaly, Kanyakumari District, India.
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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.