Archdiocese of Angamaly explained

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Angamaly was an ecclesiastical territory of the Chaldean Catholic Church with jurisdiction in Malabar, India. It came into existence as a Catholic continuation of the Ecclesiastical Province of India of the Church of the East following the schism of 1552. It was established in 1565 and continued to exist till 1599 when it was ultimately suppressed by the colonial Synod of Diamper in 1599 and replaced by the Portuguese Padroado administered Diocese of Angamaly (later Archdiocese of Cranganore) suffragan to the Padroado Primatal Archdiocese of Goa. The brief and turbulent history of the archdiocese is noted for the its two archbishops, namely Joseph Sulaqa and Abraham, who were the last Persian prelates to govern the undivided Saint Thomas Christian community in South India.[1] [2]

Jurisdiction:Metropolitan Archdiocese
Angamaly
Country: India
Territory:India
Headquarters:School of Angamaly,[3] Angamaly, Kingdom of Mangattu, Malabar
Denomination:Saint Thomas Christians
Rite:East Syriac Rite
Sui Iuris Church:Chaldean Catholic Church
Established:1565
Dissolved:1599 (latinised by the Synod of Diamper)
Cathedral:Rabban Mar Hormizd Cathedral

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wilmshurst, David . The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East 1318 - 1913 . Aedibus Peeters . 2000 . 9042908769 . Louvain . 350 . English.
  2. Book: Pallath, Paul . The Provincial Councils of Goa and the Church of St Thomas Christians . OIRSI . 2005 . 8188456225 . Kottayam.
  3. Informação do que fez o Padre Mestre Melchior Carneiro em uns Reinos que estão junto de Cochim pela terra dentro. Antonio da Silva Rego. Documentação para a Historia das Missões do Padroado Portugues do Oriente. 8. Lisbon. 1952. 498–9. Portuguese.