Syro-Malabar Church

Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

DateAscendingCountryChange
1887.05.20India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Verapoly)
1887.05.20India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Archdiocese of Verapoly)
1896.07.28India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam)
1896.07.28India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Trichur and from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam)
1896.07.28India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Trichur and to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Changanacherry and Apostolic Vicariate of Ernakulam)
1911.08.29India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Changanacherry and Apostolic Vicariate of Ernakulam)
1923.12.21India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Changanacherry (became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1923.12.21India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam (with suffragan sees Changanacherry, Kottayam and Trichur)
1923.12.21India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Kottayam (became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1923.12.21India IndiaApostolic Vicariate of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Trichur (became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1950.07.25India IndiaDiocese of Palai (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Changanacherry and became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1953.12.31India IndiaDiocese of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Calicut and became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1956.07.29India IndiaDiocese of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam and became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1959.01.10India IndiaDiocese of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry (with suffragan see Palai)
1962.03.31India IndiaOrdinariate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur)
1968.07.29India IndiaOrdinariate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (gained territory from Diocese of Amravati)
1968.07.29India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal and became suffragan of Bhopal)
1968.07.29India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Jabalpur and became suffragan of Bhopal)
1968.07.29India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Indore and became suffragan of Bhopal)
1972.03.23India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Meerut and became suffragan of Agra)
1972.03.23India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur)
1973.03.01India IndiaDiocese of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Tellicherry and became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1974.06.27India IndiaDiocese of Palghat (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Trichur and became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1975.12.04India IndiaDiocese of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) lost territory to Diocese of Mananthavady
1977.02.26India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Bijnor
1977.02.26India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Chanda (became suffragan of Nagpur)
1977.02.26India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Jagdalpur (became suffragan of Bhopal)
1977.02.26India IndiaDiocese of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry and became suffragan of Changanacherry)
1977.02.26India IndiaDiocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Ahmedabad and became suffragan of Bombay)
1977.02.26India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Sagar (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Sagar
1977.02.26India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Satna (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Satna
1977.02.26India IndiaApostolic Exarchate of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Ujjain
1978.06.22India IndiaDiocese of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Trichur and became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1984.06.19India IndiaDiocese of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Varanasi and became suffragan of Agra)
1986.04.28India IndiaDiocese of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Tellicherry and became suffragan of Ernakulam)
1988.04.30India IndiaDiocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (gained territory from Diocese of Poona and became suffragan of Bombay)
1992.12.16India IndiaMajor Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam)
1992.12.16India IndiaMetropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly (lost territory to establish Major Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly)
1995.05.18India IndiaDiocese of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry (with suffragan sees Mananthavady and Thamarasserry)
1995.05.18India IndiaDiocese of Trichur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trichur (with suffragan sees Irinjalakuda and Palghat)
1996.11.11India IndiaDiocese of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry and became suffragan of Changanacherry)
1999.04.24India IndiaDiocese of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry and became suffragan of Tellicherry)
1999.06.23India IndiaDiocese of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Chanda and became suffragan of Hyderabad)
2001.02.16USA USADiocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
2002.12.19India IndiaDiocese of Idukki (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Kothamangalam and became suffragan of Ernakulam–Angamaly)
2005.05.09India IndiaDiocese of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kottayam
2007.08.29India IndiaDiocese of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Mananthavady and became suffragan of Tellicherry)
2010.01.15India IndiaDiocese of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar Rite) lost territory to Diocese of Bhadravathi
2010.01.18India IndiaDiocese of Mandya (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Mananthavady and became suffragan of Tellicherry)
2010.01.18India IndiaDiocese of Ramanathapuram (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (from Diocese of Palghat and became suffragan of Trichur)
2012.03.06India IndiaDiocese of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established
2013.12.23Australia Australia, New Zealand New ZealandDiocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
2015.08.06Canada CanadaApostolic Exarchate of Canada (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established
2016.07.28England England, Scotland Scotland, Wales WalesDiocese of Great Britain (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
2017.10.09India IndiaMetropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite) lost territory to Diocese of Thuckalay
2017.10.10India IndiaDiocese of Hosur (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
2017.10.10India IndiaDiocese of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province)
2018.12.22Canada CanadaApostolic Exarchate of Canada (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Mississauga (without ecclesiastical province)
2025.08.28India IndiaDiocese of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Faridabad (with suffragan sees Bijnor and Gorakhpur)
2025.08.28India IndiaDiocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalyan (with suffragan sees Chanda and Rajkot and gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad)
2025.08.28India IndiaDiocese of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shamshabad (with suffragan see Adilabad and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalyan, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ujjain, Diocese of Adilabad, Diocese of Bhadravathi, Diocese of Bijnor, Diocese of Chanda, Diocese of Gorakhpur, Diocese of Jagdalpur, Diocese of Rajkot, Diocese of Sagar and Diocese of Satna)
2025.08.28India IndiaDiocese of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ujjain (with suffragan sees Jagdalpur, Sagar and Satna and gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad)

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