Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry

Archdiocese of Tellicherry

Archidioecesis Tellicherriensis
Location
CountryIndia
Statistics
Area4,958 km2 (1,914 sq mi)[1]
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020[1])
3,814,247
274,460[1] (7.2%)
Parishes254[1]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyro-Malabar Catholic Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
Established31 December 1953; 70 years ago (31 December 1953)
CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral in Palissery, Thalassery
Patron saintSaint Joseph[1]
Secular priests475 (304 diocesan, 171 religious)[1]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopRaphael Thattil
ArcheparchJoseph Pamplany
Bishops emeritus
Website
archdioceseoftellicherry.org
[1][2]

The Archeparchy of Tellicherry (also anglicized as the Archdiocese of Thalassery) is a Syro-Malabar Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in India. The boundaries of the Thalassery ecclesiastical province were extended to include Mangalore, Chickmangalore, Mysore, Shimoga and Ootty as there were settlers in the neighbouring States. The diocese covers an area of 18,000 km² and a Catholic population of 273,826. Since 2022, Joseph Pamplany is the Metropolitan Archbishop.[2]

The ecclesiastical province came into existence on 31 December 1953 through the papal bull Ad Christi Ecclesiam Regendam issued by Pope Pius XII. The boundaries of the new diocese were the same as those of the Latin Church Diocese of Calicut. Later, as Syro-Malabar Catholics migrated even to the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the boundaries were extended to the present Latin Diocese of Mangalore, Chickmangalur, Mysore, Shimoga, and Ootacamund by a decree of the Holy See on April 29, 1955.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry, India (Syro-Malabar Rite) Info". 1 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Archeparchy)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.