Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Syro-Malabar
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Tellicherry / Thalassery / Tellicherrien(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Belthangady, Bhadravathi, Mananthavady, Mandya, Thamarasserry
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph
Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.01.15 – ...): | Archbishop Joseph Pamplany (54) Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Joseph Pamplany (54) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)
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Archbishop George Njaralakatt (77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) To have life and have it abundantly
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Archbishop George Valiamattam (85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)
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Bishops of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop George Valiamattam (85) (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Sebastian Valloppilly
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Area: 4,958 km²
Population: 274,350 Catholics (7.2% of 3,813,747 total)
Pastoral Centres: 254 parishes
Personnel: 495 priests (320 diocesan, 175 religious), 2,393 religious (425 brothers, 1,968 sisters), 119 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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