Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kottayam Kottayamensis കോട്ടയം അതിരൂപത | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Territory | Personal jurisdiction in the territory of the Major Archbishop |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kottayam |
| Metropolitan | Kottayam |
| Subdivisions | 14 Foranes |
| Headquarters | Archbishop's House, Kottayam |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 153 |
| Churches | 153 |
| Congregations | 10 |
| Schools | 146 |
| Members | 143660 + Diaspora 43585 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite with a minority West Syriac Rite |
| Established | 1911 |
| Cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral, Kottayam |
| Patrons | Sacred Heart of Jesus and Pope St. Pius X |
| Secular priests | 198 |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Raphael Thattil |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mathew Moolakkatt |
| Auxiliary Bishops | |
| Website | |
| kottayamad | |
The Archeparchy of Kottayam is a Syro-Malabar Church metropolitan archeparchy of the Catholic Church in India.[1] The archeparchy is exclusively for Knanaya faithful who claim to be the descendants of Syriac Judeo-Christians (early East Syriac Christians) who migrated from South Mesopotamia to Kodungallur (Muziris) in South India in 4th century A.D.[2]
- ^ "Eparchial Sees in the Syro-Malabar Church".
- ^ Vellian, Fr. Jacob (2001). Knanite Community History and Culture. Kottayam: Syrian Church Series, Vol. XVII. p. 1.