Syro-Malabar Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Kalyan

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kalyan / Callianen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Chanda, Rajkot

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thomas

History

1988.04.30: Established as Diocese of Kalyan / Callianen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Poona and became suffragan of Bombay)
2025.08.28: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalyan / Callianen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Chanda and Rajkot and gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.08.28 – ...):

Archbishop Sebastian Vaniyapurackal (59)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Archbishop Sebastian Vaniyapurackal (59)
(2025.08.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

To serve and not to be served

Born:	1967.03.29 (Mulamkunnu, India)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.11.12

Priest of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1992.12.30 – 2017.09.01)

Titular Bishop of Troina (2017.09.01 – 2025.08.28)

Bishop of Curia of the Syro-Malabars (2017.09.01 – 2025.08.28)

Major Archiepiscopal Administrator of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2023.12.07 – 2024.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishops of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S. (76)
(1996.11.11 – 2025.08.28)

Bishop emeritus of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

To love in Jesus, to lead to Jesus

Born:	1950.03.28 (Mutholi, India)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.02.08

Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2025.08.28)

Bishop Paul Chittilapilly
(1988.04.30 – 1996.11.11)

Born:	1934.02.07 (Mattom, India)
Ordained Priest:	1961.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.08.24
Died:	2020.09.06 (Kozhikode, India † 86)

Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1988.04.30 – 1996.11.11)

Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2010.01.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Kalyan, Mahārāshtra

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 65,499 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 100 parishes, 25 missions

Personnel: 196 priests (75 diocesan, 121 religious), 497 religious (141 brothers, 356 sisters), 30 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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