Eparchy of Mavelikara Eparchia Mavelikarensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church |
| Rite | Syro-Malankara Rite |
| Established | 2007 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Baselios Cleemis |
| Eparch | Mathews Mar Polycarpos |
TheEparchy of Mavelikara is aSyro-Malankara Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory oreparchy of theCatholic Church inIndia. It is asuffragan eparchy in theecclesiastical province of themetropolitanArcheparchy of Trivandrum.
Itsepiscopal see isMavelikkara, ataluk and municipality in the southern part of Alappuzha district of the southwestern Indian state ofKerala, on the banks of theAchankovil River.
It is the 6theparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, established on 2007.01.02 on territory formerly belonging to the Metropolitan archeparchies. It has 94parishes and 37,000 members. The first bishop of this eparchy isJoshua Mar Ignathios. Patron saint is the Blessed Virgin Mary, to whom the cathedral is also devoted.
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church hierarchy | |
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| Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum | |
| Archeparchy of Tiruvalla | |
| Eparchies immediately subject to the Major Archbishop | |
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