Metropolitan Ernakulam-Angamaly Rite Syro-Malabar Rite Patron saint Thomas the Apostle Established 15 January 2003 | Parishes 151 Area 3,000 km² Major archbishop George Alencherry Bishop Mathew Anikuzhikattil | |
Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2009)760,350261,750 (34%) Ecclesiastical province Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly | ||
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Idukki is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It is a suffragan eparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly. The creation of the diocese is contained in an Apostolic Constitution "Maturescens catholica fideis" put forth by Pope John Paul II in December 2002, it is the twenty-sixth diocese of the Church. Fr. Mathew Anikuzhikattil from the diocese of Kothamangalam is bishop of the diocese.
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