Archbishop Issac Mar Cleemis
The Tiruvalla Diocese has been elevated to the status of an Archdiocese. This was done at the instance of the Episcopal Synod of the Church. Pope Benedict, the 16th issued the Papal bull in this regard.Bishop Issac Mar Cleemis has been officially ordained as Archbishop of Tiruvalla Diocese on...
MCCIETR Website
The Malankara Catholic Church India Extra Territorial Regions (MCCIETR) website has been relaunched.Please visit mccietr.org . With great efforts taken by Wilson, Shine and Lijo from Pune, the new mccietr site is up and running in its new avatar. The site has a new look and hosts quite a...
Father George Joshua Kanneeleth Arrested In Saudi Arabia, Deported Back To India
Malankara Catholic priest Father George Joshua Kanneeleth, who was arrested in Saudi Arabia for saying Mass in a private apartment returned safely to his base in Kerala April 9 after being deported by Saudi authorities.Police arrested Father George Joshua Kanneeleth of Trivandrum Syro-Malankara archdiocese April 5 in Riyadh, the Saudi capital,...
Malankara Church Got Catholicos After Long Discussions, Vatican Official Says
The installation of the head of a southern India-based Catholic rite as major archbishop and "catholicos" May 14 came after long deliberation, a Vatican official says.Cardinal Ignace Mousa Daoud, prefect of the Vatican´s Congregation for Oriental Churches, spoke of the long decision process at the installation ceremonies for the...
Syro-Malankara Church Joyous To Install Its First Major Archbishop
A festive mood pervades the Syro-Malankara Church as the installation of its first major archbishop approaches.Cardinal Ignace Mousa Daoud, prefect of the Congregation of the Oriental Churches, is scheduled on May 14 to install Archbishop Cyril Mar Baselios of Trivandrum as the Oriental Church´s major archbishop.The Vatican elevated the...
Malankara Church Jubilant At Elevation, Appointment Of Major Archbishop
Members of the Syro-Malankara Church are euphoric after the Vatican elevated the India-based Oriental rite to a major archiepiscopal Church. On 10 February 2005, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church was raised to the status of a major archiepiscopal Church by the papal document Ab ipso Sancto Thoma, and as such...
New Auxiliary Appointed, Bishop Joseph Mar Thomas
Pope John Paul II has appointed Father Joseph Konnath auxiliary bishop of Trivandrum Syro-Malankara archdiocese. Archbishop Cyril Mar Baselios of Trivandrum, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, announced the appointment Jan. 5 from the archdiocesan headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala state, the Churchs base. Bishop-designate Konnath was born in...
Visit to India of His Excellency The Most Rev. Antonio Maria Vegliò, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, On the occasion of...
Visit to India of His Excellency The Most Rev. Antonio Maria Vegliò, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Episcopal Consecration of His Grace Cyril Mar Baselios Malancharuvil, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum and Head of the Syro-Malankara Church His...
Pope John Paul II commends Syro Malankara Catholic Church for growth in faith and vocations
Pope John Paul II has commended the Syro-Malankara Church as "one of the fastest growing Catholic communities in the world."That Church, youngest among the Catholic Church´s 21 Oriental groups, began on Sept. 20, 1930, when the Catholic Church received two bishops, a priest, a deacon and a layman from...
Pope John Paul II has created two new Eastern-rite dioceses in southern India
Pope John Paul II has created two new Eastern-rite dioceses in southern India to help the Catholic Church in India fulfill its evangelizing mission.On Jan. 15, Pope John Paul created the Syro-Malabar diocese of Idukki and Syro-Malankara diocese of Moovattupuzha. The new jurisdictions in Kerala state were carved out...
