Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly information
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Kerala, India
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Archdiocese of Verapoly
Archidioecesis Verapolitana
Location
Country
India
Ecclesiastical province
Verapoly
Statistics
Area
1,500 km2 (580 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2010) 3,193,096 315,767 (9.9%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Cathedral
St Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Marine Drive, Ernakulam, Cochin
Patron saint
Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop
Joseph Kalathiparambil
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishop Elect Antony Valumkal
Vicar General
Mathew Kallinkal, Mathew Elanjimittam
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
The Archdiocese of Verapoly (Verapolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church, composed of Latin Catholics of Malabar and headquartered at the city of Cochin, in the south Indian state of Kerala.[1] The archdiocese has administrative control over the suffragan dioceses of Calicut, Cochin, Kannur, Kottapuram, Sultanpet and Vijayapuram.[2][3] The headquarters is located in Kochi along the Malabar Coast in India. It was originally formed as the Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar in 1657 and became a metropolitan see in 1886.[4] Verapoly is the anglicised name of Varapuzha.
^"Short History of Verapoly Diocese". Ucan India. 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^"Archdiocese of Verapoly" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 9 September 2017
^"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 9 September 2016
^"Archdiocese of Verapoly". Catholic Online. 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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