Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  India |
| Territory | Thrissur district |
| Ecclesiastical province | Thrissur |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | 260000 |
| Parishes | 136 |
| Churches | 152 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Established | 1978 |
| Cathedral | St Thomas Cathedral & Bishop House |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Raphael Thattil |
| Bishop | Pauly Kannookadan, Bishop of Irinjalakuda |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrews 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.