Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ramanathapuram

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ramanathapuram is situated in Ramanathapuram locality in Coimbatore of Tamil Nadu. The eparchy includes Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and Karur districts. Its territory is extended to Salem and Trichy on 10-10-2017. The eparchy of Ramanathapuram was created by bifurcating the Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy of Palghat. The present Bishop of Ramanathapuram is Mar Paul Alappat. Holy Trinity Church, Ramanathapuram is the cathedral of the eparchy and the bishop's residence is also at Ramanathapuram. The eparchy is a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur. The diocese was created by Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, by his decree on 18 January 2010. The eparchy has an area of 18,525 km2 with a total population of 89, 24,717 of which around 15,694 are Syro-Malabar Catholics.[1] [2]

Eparchy of Ramanathapuram
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceSyro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur
MetropolitanSyro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur
Coordinates
Statistics
Parishes128
Information
DenominationSyro-Malabar Catholic
RiteEast Syriac Rite
CathedralHoly Trinity Cathedral, Coimbatore
Secular priests1632
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopMetropolitan and Gate of all India Mar George Alencherry
BishopMar Paul Alappatt
Metropolitan ArchbishopMar Andrews Thazhath

References
  1. "Inauguration of the Eparchy of Ramanathapuram on April 11". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. "3 bishops for Syro-Malabar Church from Thrissur". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
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