Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in Tiruvalla, in Kerala, India. Metropolitan Archbishop Aboon Mor Thomas Koorilos currently presides. The seat of the eparchy is at St. John's Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral in Tiruvalla, a circular edifice designed by a British architect.

Archdiocese of Tiruvalla Tiruvallensis
St. John's Cathedral
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Tiruvalla
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 5,555,000 37,486 (0.7%)
Parishes	133
Information
Sui iuris church	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Rite	Syro-Malankara Rite
Established	11 June 1932
Cathedral	St. John's Cathedral
Secular priests	137
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Mar Koorilos
Website
Archeparchy of Tiruvalla Archdiocese of Tiruvalla

History

Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas Mar Koorilos releases the Directory of Malankara Catholics in Oman

The eparchy of Tiruvalla was erected in 1932, and raised to the status of an archeparchy in 2006. Its suffragan eparchies are those of Bathery, Muvattupuzha, and Puthur.^[1]

Current bishops

The Metropolitan of Tiruvalla is Thomas Mar Koorilos, appointed in 2007.

Statistics

As of 2018, the archeparchy has an estimated 40,000 faithful, in 136 parishes, with 106 diocesan priests, 25 religious priests, 54 religious brothers, 267 religious sisters, and 33 seminarians.^[2]

The Archdiocese of Tiruvalla took the initiative in founding the St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, a constituent college of the University of Kottayam, which specialises in Syriac studies.

The Archdiocese of Tiruvalla took the initiative in founding the Infant Mary's Minor Seminary for priestly formation.

Saints and causes for canonisation

• Jean-Richard Mahieu (François) [Acharya]^[3]