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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram തിരുവനന്തപുരം ലത്തീൻ അതിരൂപത | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Thiruvananthapuram |
Headquarters | Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram |
Coordinates | 8°30′44″N 76°57′45″E / 8.51208510°N 76.96263490°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 686 km2 (265 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 2,543,100 297,121 (11.7%) |
Parishes | 95 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1 July 1937 |
Cathedral | St. Joseph's Catedral, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram |
Patron saint | Thérèse of Lisieux |
Secular priests | 261 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Most Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Netto |
Suffragans | Dioceses of Quilon, Alleppey, Punalur, and Neyyattinkara |
Auxiliary Bishops | Rt. Rev. Dr. Christudas Rajappan |
Vicar General | Very Rev. Msgr. Fr. Eugine H. Pereira |
Judicial Vicar | Very Rev. Fr. Jose G., MCL |
Website | |
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trivandrum (Latin: Trivandren(sis) Latinorum) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India. It shares its see with the major archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, the Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum. The archdiocese a metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses.