Archeparchy of Tiruvalla
Tiruvallen(sis)
Eastern metropolitan see · Syro-Malankara Catholic Church · Tiruvalla, India
Syro-Malankara metropolitan archeparchy in Kerala, India, erected in 1932 as one of the original sees of the Malankara Catholic reunion and elevated to a metropolitan archeparchy in 2006. Seated at St John's Cathedral in Tiruvalla, its province includes the suffragan eparchies of Bathery, Muvattupuzha and Puthur.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Erected
- 11 June 1932
- Latin
- Tiruvallen(sis)
- Patron
- São João Evangelista e Santa Teresa
- Annuario code
- 001003234
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,000
- Population
- 5,555,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 137
- Catholics per priest
- 292
- Extent
- 9,259 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Archbishop
- Thomas Mar Koorilos
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 John's Cathedral, Tiruvalla stands in Tiruvalla, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of BatteryBattery
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Tiruvalla, in Kerala, India, is the seat of this archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, presided over at present by Metropolitan Archbishop Aboon Mor Thomas Koorilos. The eparchy's seat is St. John's Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral in Tiruvalla, a circular edifice designed by a British architect.
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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.