Syro Malankara Catholic Church
| Syro-Malankara Catholic Church | |
|---|---|
| Union with Rome | 1930 |
| Current primate | Baselios Cleemis |
| Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Primary territory | Kerala , South India |
| Territorial extension | Small diaspora in North America , in Europe and the countries of the Persian Gulf |
| Rite | Western Syriac |
| Language (s) liturgical (s) | Syriac , Malayalam |
| Estimated population | 300,000 ( 2005 ) |
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The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is one of the Eastern Catholic Churches of Kerala in India. The head of the Church carries the title of Catholicos - Archbishop Major of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara Church, with residence in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) (incumbent: His Beatitude Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis since 10 February 2007 ).
Summary |
Christianity took root very early in India, particularly in the south-west India (now the state of Kerala ). Local tradition traces the origin of the Church of Malabar to the Apostle Thomas. The early Church was placed under the jurisdiction of the Church of Persia , which it adopted the East Syriac rite and customs, and who sent his bishops.
The first contacts with the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century passed without hours. However, in 1599 , Alexis de Menezes, Archbishop of Portuguese Goa (Latin Rite), brings together a local synod Diamper. The Christians of St. Thomas were forcibly placed under the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome. A Jesuit, Francisco Roz, was appointed bishop, who latinized strongly rite. The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is the branch that remained in the court after the synod of Roman Diamper.
In response, a large proportion of the local Christians followed the priest Thomas Palakomatta that in 1653 became consecrated bishop and Metropolitan, placing a few years later under the jurisdiction of the Syriac Orthodox Church (in West Syrian rite ).
In 1930 , Archbishop Mar Ivanios Bethany and Theophilus Suffragan Bishop of Tiruvalla in March left the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Syriac Orthodox Church in India) to be placed under the jurisdiction of Rome.
In 1932 , Rome created a metropolis Syro-Malankara, establishing the existence of a second Catholic church in eastern India, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Western Rite Syriac).
- 1937 Rally March Severios Joseph, bishop of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
- 1939 Rally of Thomas Mar Diascorus, Metropolitan Knanaya Orthodox
- 1977 Rally of March Poulose Philexinos III, Metropolitan of the Malabar Independent Church
- 2005 Rise of the Church to the rank of major archiepiscopal Church (the primate is at this moment the title of Catholicos-Major Archbishop)
Organization
Own territory (territorium propium): ( Kerala and neighboring areas)
- Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum (Isaac Mar Cleemis Thottunkal)
- Diocese of Marthandom (Yohannon March Chrysostam Kalloor)
- Diocese of Mavelikara (Joshuah March Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil)
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tiruvalla (Thomas Mar Koorilos Chakkalapadickal)
- Diocese of Bathery (Geevarghese March Divannasios Ottathengil)
- Diocese of Muvattupuzha (Bishop Abraham Kackanatt)
Rest of India:
The Syro-Malankara Catholic communities outside their own territory normally depend on local Roman Catholic bishops.
On 7 February 2007 , Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Chacko Aerath holder Bapara and apostolic visitor for the Syro-Malankar in India outside the territory clean.
Rest of world:
- Exarchate of the United States (Aboon Thomas Mor Eusebius) erection July 14, 2010.
Syro-Catholic communities are organized in Malankare North America ( U.S. and Canada ) in Europe ( UK and Germany ) and in the Arab Gulf ( UAE , Qatar Relations with other Churches The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is the youngest of the Eastern Catholic Churches and was first developed by rallying prelates, priests and faithful of other Churches of Syriac tradition in Western India (Syro-Malankara Orthodox Malankara Orthodox Church, Malabar Independent Church). She knows with great vitality in 2006 more than 600 seminarians. Its development outside its primary territory meets the same difficulties as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The Catholic Church in India is mostly of the Latin rite and Roman discipline and it's hard to accept the creation of specific structures for Eastern Christians outside the State of Kerala. See also
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| Syriac Tradition | |
| Armenian tradition | |
| Byzantine tradition | |
| See also: two councils of churches - churches of three councils - councils of the seven churches | |
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