Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thuckalay

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Eparchy of Thuckalay தக்கலை மறைமாவட்டத்தின்

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Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanassery
Headquarters	Thuckalay
Statistics
Area	1,794 km (693 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 2,071,258 29,673 (1.4%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite	East Syriac Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral in Thuckalay
Patron saint	Mother of Christ and Image of the Church Saint George
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Raphael Thattil
Bishop	George Rajendran
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Tharayil
Map

Website
Website of the Diocese

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thuckalay is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Thuckaly, Kanyakumari District. It was founded on 11 November 1996.

Ordinaries

Sl.No	Ordinary	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	George Alencherry	Bishop	1996	2011
2	George Rajendran Kuttinadar	Bishop	2011	present

v t e Syro-Malabar Catholic Church hierarchy
Bold = Archeparchy
Major Archiepiscopal province	Ernakulam-Angamaly Idukki Kothamangalam
Other proper provinces in southern India	Changanacherry Kanjirappally Palai Thuckalay Tellicherry Belthangady Bhadravathi Kalyan Mananthavady Mandya Thamarassery Thrissur Irinjalakuda Palghat Ramanathapuram
Proper Archeparchy without suffragan	Kottayam
Eparchies within Latin provinces in India	Adilabad Bijnor Chanda Gorakhpur Jagadalpur Rajkot Sagar Satna Ujjain
Exempt jurisdictions in India	Faridabad Eparchy Hosur Eparchy Shamshabad Eparchy
Exempt jurisdictions outside India	Chicago Eparchy for the USA Great Britain Eparchy Melbourne Eparchy for Australia Mississauga Eparchy for Canada
Apostolic Visitations	Apostolic Visitation for Europe of the Syro Malabars
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