Raphael Thattil (Syriac: ܡܵܪܝ ܪܲܦܵܐܝܸܠ ܛܲܛܝܼܠ) (born 21 April 1956) is an Indian prelate who serves as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, the largest Eastern Catholic Church, and as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly...
The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church or Edtha Qatholiqi d'Malabar Suryaya, is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India. It is a sui iuris (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See...
Mar Thomas Tharayil (born 2 February 1972) is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Syro Malabar Archeparchy of Changanssery from 31 October 2024. He was the auxiliary bishop of Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Changanacherry from 23 April 2017 until his...
Antony Panengaden (born 13 March 1976) is an Indian Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church who currently serves as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Archeparchy of Shamshabad. On 30 August 2024, Raphael Thattil appointed Panengaden to succeed him as the...
George Jacob Koovakad (Syriac: ܡܵܪܝ ܓܝܼܘܲܪܓܝܼܣ ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ ܟܘܼܘܲܟܵܕ) (born 11 August 1973) is an Indian cardinal of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church who is prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue since 2025. Since 2020, he has worked in...
Mar Tony Neelankavil (born 23 July 1967) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop and titular bishop of Masuccaba. He is the third and the present Auxiliary Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, India from 18 November 2017. He was...
The Archeparchy of Ujjain is an ecclesiastical district of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the East Syriac Rite in India. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral, in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh in Central India.
The Archeparchy of Shamshabad is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church based in Telangana, India. It was established by Pope Francis on 10 October 2017 as an eparchy, and Mar Raphael Thattil was appointed its first eparch. In a letter...
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Trichur, in Thrissur District of Central Kerala, India, with nearly half a million Syro-Malabar Catholics now, used to be the largest Catholic diocese in India when it included the Syro-Malabar Catholic...
