Syro-Malabar Church

Highlights

• The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church or Edtha Qatholiqi d'Malabar Suryaya, is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India.
• It is a sui iuris (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO).
• The major archbishop presides over the entire church.
• The incumbent Major Archbishop is Raphael Thattil, serving since January 2024.
• It is the largest Syriac Christian church and the largest Eastern Catholic church.

Religious Significance

The church has been instrumental in the formation of several indigenous institutes, first of their kind in India, for example, the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, which is the first indigenous institute for men in the country. Most of these institutions are focused upon mission work especially in the northern non Christian dominant regions of India, with congregations like the CST and MST, being incharge of entire eparchies.

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