The Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or major archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Thiruvananthapuram, India. Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, presides over the . The cathedra is at Cathedral of Saint Mary, Pattom, Trivandrum in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a metropolitan see with five suffragan eparchies.
History The Archeparchy of Trivandrum was erected in 1932. Its suffragan eparchies are Marthandom, Mavelikara, Pathanamthitta, Parassala and St. Ephrem of Khadki.
Major Archbishop-Catholicos Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum and Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was elected Major Archbishop of Trivandrum in 2007.
Statistics In 2020 the Archeparchy had an estimated 1,81,400 faithful, in 217 parishes, with 151 diocesan priests, 34 religious priests, 19 religious brothers, 642 religious sisters, and 89 seminarians. Information sourced from Annuario Pontificio 2008 edition.
Saints and causes for canonisation Geevarghese Ivanios
References
Seminaries St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary St. Aloysius Seminary, Thiruvananthapuram
External links Archeparchy info from the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church website Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum