Archdiocese of Cranganore explained

The Archdiocese of Cranganore or Cranganor and Angamaly was a latinised Syriac Padroado Archdiocese in Kodungallur, Kerala, India.[1] [2] This diocese is a product of so-called Synod of Diamper held in Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Angamaly and All India.[3] 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. Mar Poulose Pandari, a Chaldean Bishop belongs to Puthenchira parish of this diocese.[4] [5]

Jurisdiction:Archdiocese
Cranganore
Country:India
Province:Cranganore
Rite:Latinised East Syriac Rite
Headquarters:Angamaly,
Cranganore
Denomination:Syro-Malabar
Sui Iuris Church:Padroado Roman Catholic
Established:1599
Dissolved:1838
First Incumbent:Francisco Roz
Suffragans:nil

History

East Syriac Archdiocese of All India

See main article: India (East Syriac ecclesiastical province).

Archdiocese of Angamaly

See main article: Archdiocese of Angamaly.

Bishops and hierarchs after the Synod of Diamper

Diocese of Angamalé

Taken into Roman Catholicism and degraded into a diocese by Roman Catholic Padroado Colonial power and Jesuit missionaries: 20 Dec 1599 through the Synod of Diamper

Syriac language name:Angamali
Latin Name: Angamalensis

Malayalam Name: Angamaly

Archdiocese of Cranganore

Name Changed: 1600Malayalam name

Kodungalloor
Latin Name: Cranganorensis

1838: Suppressed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc518.html "Archdiocese of Cranganore (Angamala)"
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/cran2.htm "Archdiocese of Cranganor"
  3. Menon. A. Sreedhara. Portuguese and the Malabar Church. Kerala District Gazetteers: Ernakulam. The Superintendent of Government Presses, Government Press. 1965. Trivandrum. 140. A. Sreedhara Menon.
  4. Web site: Kodungallur : The Cradle of Christianity In India 2000 . 2022-03-04 . www.indianchristianity.com.
  5. Web site: Kodungallur : The Cradle of Christianity In India 2000 . 2022-03-04 . www.indianchristianity.com.
  6. Web site: Bishop Alexandre de Campo [Catholic-Hierarchy].