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]

Archdiocese of Cranganore
Bishopric
Puthenchira Saint Mary's Syro-Malabar Church, a longtime Cathedral of the erstwhile Archdiocese of Cranganore
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceCranganore
HeadquartersAngamaly,
Cranganore
Information
First holderFrancisco Roz
DenominationSyro-Malabar
Sui iuris churchPadroado Roman Catholic
RiteLatinised East Syriac Rite
Established1599
Dissolved1838
Suffragansnil

History

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East Syriac Archdiocese of All India

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Archdiocese of Angamaly

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Bishops and hierarchs after the Synod of Diamper

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Diocese of Angamalé

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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

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Name Changed: 1600 Malayalam name: Kodungalloor
Latin Name: Cranganorensis

1838: Suppressed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly

References

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  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Cranganore (Angamala)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Cranganor" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ Menon, A. Sreedhara (1965). "Portuguese and the Malabar Church". Kerala District Gazetteers: Ernakulam. Trivandrum: The Superintendent of Government Presses, Government Press: 140.
  4. ^ "Kodungallur : The Cradle of Christianity In India 2000". www.indianchristianity.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  5. ^ "Kodungallur : The Cradle of Christianity In India 2000". www.indianchristianity.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  6. ^ "Bishop Alexandre de Campo [Catholic-Hierarchy]".