Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

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Church of the West Syriac Rite Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the West Syriac tradition based primarily in India, in full communion with the Pope while preserving its own liturgy, hierarchy, and spiritual heritage.

Aliases (2)

Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum ×1
Malankara Catholic Church ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church of the West Syriac Rite → Eastern Catholic Church → sui iuris particular church →
belongsToRiteFamily	Antiochene (West Syriac) Rite →
christologicalTradition	Council of Chalcedon →
churchSuiIurisOf	Catholic Church →
ecclesialCommunion	full communion with the Bishop of Rome →
governedBy	Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches →
hasCathedral	St. Mary’s Cathedral, Pattom →
hasClericalCelibacyDiscipline	married and celibate clergy →
hasDistinctHierarchy	true →
hasEparchy	Eparchy of Bathery → Eparchy of Marthandom → Eparchy of Muvattupuzha → Eparchy of Puthur → Eparchy of St. Ephrem of Khadki → Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon → Eparchy of St. Mary, Queen of Peace of the USA and Canada →
hasFaithfulIn	Australia → Europe → India → Middle East → North America →
hasFemaleReligiousOrder	Sisters of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Sisters) →
hasMajorArchbishopCatholicos	Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal →
hasMonasticTradition	Order of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Ashram) →
hasPatriarchalHeadTitle	Major Archbishop-Catholicos →
hasProCathedral	St. Mary Queen of Peace Basilica, Thiruvananthapuram →
hasSee	Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum →
hasSynod	Holy Episcopal Synod of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church →
inCommunionWith	Holy See → Pope →
liturgicalTradition	West Syriac Rite →
originatedFrom	Malankara Church →
originatedIn	Kerala →
originatedInCentury	20th century →
preservesOwnCanonLawTradition	true →
preservesOwnLiturgy	true →
primaryRiteName	Syro-Malankara Rite →
primaryTerritory	India → Kerala →
reunionWithRomeFormalizedBy	Pope Pius XI →
reunionWithRomeLedBy	Geevarghese Ivanios →
reunionWithRomeProclaimedBy	Moran Mor Ignatius Elias III →
reunionWithRomeYear	1930 →
selfDesignation	Malankara Catholic Church →
spiritualHeritage	Syriac Christian tradition of Malankara →
usesLiturgicalLanguage	English → Malayalam → Syriac →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eastern Catholic Churches →	hasMajorChurch
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ("Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum") →	hasSee
Syriac Rite →	isUsedBy
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ("Malankara Catholic Church") →	selfDesignation
Syriac Catholic Church →	sharesTraditionWith
Syriac liturgical year →	usedBy