The Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or major archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Thiruvananthapuram, India. Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, presides over the as of 2020[update]. The cathedra is at Cathedral of Saint Mary, Pattom, Trivandrum in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a metropolitan see with five suffragan eparchies.
Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum Trivandrensis Syrorum Malankarensium | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 217 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
| Rite | Syro-Malankara Rite |
| Established | 1932 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Mary, Pattom |
| Patron saint | Saint Peter |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Yoohanon Alexios Kuttiyil |
| Website | |
| catholicate.net | |
History
The Archeparchy of Trivandrum was erected in 1932. Its suffragan eparchies are Marthandom, Mavelikara, Pathanamthitta, Parassala and St. Ephrem of Khadki.
Major Archbishop-Catholicos
Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum and Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was elected Major Archbishop of Trivandrum in 2007.
Statistics
In 2020 the Archeparchy had an estimated 1,81,400 faithful, in 217 parishes, with 151 diocesan priests, 34 religious priests, 19 religious brothers, 642 religious sisters, and 89 seminarians.
Saints and causes for canonisation
- Geevarghese Ivanios
Seminaries
- St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary
- St. Aloysius Seminary, Thiruvananthapuram
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