Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry
Archeparchy of Tellicherry Archeparchia Tellicherriensis ܐܲܪܟܝܕܝܘܩܝܣܵܐ ܕܬܲܠܲܣܲܪܝ തലശ്ശേരി അതിരൂപത | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,958 km2 (1,914 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 254 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Established | 31 December 1953 |
| Cathedral | St Joseph's Cathedral in Palissery, Thalassery |
| Patron saint | Saint Joseph |
| Secular priests | 475 (304 diocesan, 171 religious) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Raphael Thattil |
| Archeparch | Joseph Pamplany |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Website | |
| archdioceseoftellicherry | |
The Archeparchy of Tellicherry (also anglicized as the Archdiocese of Thalassery) is a Syro-Malabar Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in India. The boundaries of the Thalassery ecclesiastical province were extended to include Mangalore, Chickmangalore, Mysore, Shimoga and Ootty as there were settlers in the neighbouring States. The diocese covers an area of 18,000 km² and a Catholic population of 273,826. Since 2022, Joseph Pamplany is the Metropolitan Archbishop.
The ecclesiastical province came into existence on 31 December 1953 through the papal bull Ad Christi Ecclesiam Regendam issued by Pope Pius XII. The boundaries of the new diocese were the same as those of the Latin Church Diocese of Calicut. Later, as Syro-Malabar Catholics migrated even to the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the boundaries were extended to the present Latin Diocese of Mangalore, Chickmangalur, Mysore, Shimoga, and Ootacamund by a decree of the Holy See on April 29, 1955.