Archdiocese of Cranganore
Archdiocese of Cranganore | |
|---|---|
Puthenchira Saint Mary's Syro-Malabar Church, a cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cranganore | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cranganore |
| Headquarters | Angamaly, Cranganore |
| Information | |
| First holder | Francisco Roz |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite (Latinized) |
| Established | 1599 |
| Dissolved | 1838 |
| Suffragans | nil |
The Archdiocese of Cranganore, formerly the Archdiocese of Angamalé, was an Eastern Catholic archdiocese in Kodungallur, Kerala, India. It employed the East Syriac Rite but was latinised due to its being a suffragan of the Portuguese Padroado's Archdiocese of Goa.[1][2]
History
The archdiocese was a product of Synod of Diamper held in the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Angamaly in 1599.[3] It operated first as the Archdiocese of Angamalé and was under the East Syriac Rite, but was latinised due to its being a suffragan of the Portuguese Padroado's Archdiocese of Goa. The name was changed to the Archdiocese of Cranganore in 1600, before the consecration of its first bishop.[1]
Its headquarters was first at St. Thomas Church, Cranganore Fort until 1662 and then at Puthenchira Church for more than a century. Mar Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar, administrator of the diocese moved its headquarters to Vadayar due to invasion of Tipu Sultan. The archdiocese was dissolved in 1838.
Bishops and hierarchs after the Synod of Diamper
Archdiocese of Angamalé
- Francis Ros, S.J. (Francisco Rodríguez; 15 Dec 1599 - 25 Jan 1601 Appointed but not consecrated)
Archdiocese of Cranganore
- Francis Ros, S.J. (Francisco Rodríguez; 25 Jan 1601 - 18 Feb 1624 Died)
- Etienne de Brito, S.J. (18 Feb 1624 - 2 Dec 1641 Died)
- Francisco Garcia Mendes, S.J. (2 Dec 1641 - 3 Sep 1659 Died)
- Mar Alexander Parambil (1 Feb 1663 - 16 July 1685)[4]
- Jerome de São Tiago, O.S.B. (8 Jan 1689 - ? Resigned before consecration)
- Didacus Álvares (19 Apr 1694 - 30 Dec 1697 Resigned)
- João Ribeiro (archbishop), S.J. (5 Dec 1701 - 24 Jan 1716 Died)
- Antonio Pimentel (archbishop), S.J. (20 Jan 1721 - 6 Mar 1752 Died)
- João Luis Vasconcellos, S.J. (6 Mar 1752 - 11 Oct 1754 Died)
- Salvator dos Reis, S.J. (19 Jul 1756 - 7 Apr 1777 Died)
- Kariattil Mar Iousep (16 Dec 1782 - 9 Sep 1786 Died)
- Paremmakkal Thomas (Administrator) (1786 - 1799)
- Teodoro Botelho Homen Bernardes (26 Aug 1806 Confirmed - )
- Paulo a Santo Tomas de Aquino, O.P. (17 Dec 1819 - 19 Dec 1823 Died)
- José Joaquim de Oliveira Carvalho (da Imaculada Conceição Amarante), O.F.M. Obs. (19 Dec 1825- 1835 Died)
References
- ^ a b "Cranganore (Angamala) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ^ "Former Archdiocese of Cranganor". GCatholic. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ^ Menon, A. Sreedhara (1965). "Portuguese and the Malabar Church". Kerala District Gazetteers: Ernakulam. Trivandrum: The Superintendent of Government Presses, Government Press: 140.
- ^ "Bishop Alexandre de Campo [Catholic-Hierarchy]".