Tradition: Chaldean or Syro-Oriental Rite
Type: Major Archiepiscopal
Canonical Territory: India
Population: 3,900,000
Major Archdiocese: Ernakulam–Angamaly (India)
Synod: Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church
Saints: 4 Saints, 2 Blesseds
Jurisdictions (36): Major Archdioceses
(1), Metr. Archdioceses
(9), Dioceses
(26)
Australia
: Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne
India
: Ernakulam–Angamaly, Changanacherry, Ernakulam–Angamaly, Faridabad, Kalyan, Kottayam, Shamshabad, Tellicherry, Trichur, Ujjain, Adilabad, Belthangady, Bhadravathi, Bijnor, Chanda, Gorakhpur, Hosur, Idukki, Irinjalakuda, Jagdalpur, Kanjirapally, Kothamangalam, Mananthavady, Mandya, Palai, Palghat, Rajkot, Ramanathapuram, Sagar, Satna, Thamarasserry, Thuckalay
New Zealand
: Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne
USA
: Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago
by Type | Changes in Jurisdictions
| Major Archbishop ([2024.01.09] 2024.01.09 – ...): | President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church |
| Procurator at Rome (2012 – ...): | Titular Bishop of Slebte |
| Apostolic Visitator in Europe (2016.07.28 – ...): | Titular Bishop of Slebte |
Major Archbishops (3):
Thattil,
Alencherry (Cardinal),
Koovakad (Cardinal)
Archbishops (15)
Bishops (51)
Last updated on 2026.03.13
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