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Archdiocese of Verapoly Archidioecesis Verapolitana | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Verapoly |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 3,193,096 315,767 (9.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | St Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Marine Drive, Ernakulam, Cochin |
Patron saint | Saint Joseph |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Kalathiparambil |
Auxiliary Bishops | Bishop Antony Valumkal |
Vicar General | Mathew Kallinkal, Mathew Elanjimittam |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Archdiocese of Verapoly (Malayalam: വരാപ്പുഴ അതിരൂപത, Latin: Archidioecesis Verapolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church, composed of Latin Catholics of Malabar and headquartered at the city of Cochin, in the south Indian state of Kerala.[1] The archdiocese has administrative control over the suffragan dioceses of Calicut, Cochin, Kannur, Kottapuram, Sultanpet and Vijayapuram.[2][3] The headquarters is located in Kochi along the Malabar Coast in India. It was originally formed as the Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar in 1657 and became a metropolitan see in 1886.[4] Verapoly is the anglicised name of Varapuzha.