Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda

Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda
Coat of arms of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda
Coat of arms
Location
Country India
TerritoryThrissur district
Ecclesiastical provinceThrissur
Statistics
Population
- Catholics

260000
Parishes136
Churches152
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyro-Malabar Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
Established1978
CathedralSt Thomas Cathedral & Bishop House
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopRaphael Thattil
BishopPauly Kannookadan, Bishop of Irinjalakuda
Metropolitan ArchbishopAndrews Thazhath
Website
irinjalakudadiocese.com

The Eparchy of Irinjalakuda is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur in Kerala state's Thrissur District, southern India.It is part of the Syro-Malabar Church.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Saint Thomas Cathedral, in Irinjalakuda city. Bishop Pauly Kannookkadan is the head of the diocese now The former cathedral (of Arch diocese of Crangannore), now St. Mary’s Forane Church -Puthenchira, is also in this eparchy.