Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly

The Archdiocese of Verapoly (Verapolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church, composed of Latin Catholics of Malabar and headquartered at the city of Cochin, in the south Indian state of Kerala. The archdiocese has administrative control over the suffragan dioceses of Calicut, Cochin, Kannur, Kottapuram, Sultanpet and Vijayapuram. The headquarters is located in Kochi along the Malabar Coast in India. It was originally formed as the Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar in 1657 and became a metropolitan see in 1886. Verapoly is the anglicised name of Varapuzha.

Archdiocese of Verapoly

Archidioecesis Verapolitana
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceVerapoly
Statistics
Area1,500 km2 (580 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
3,193,096
315,767 (9.9%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSt Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Marine Drive, Ernakulam, Cochin
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Kalathiparambil
Vicar GeneralMathew Kallinkal, Mathew Elanjimittam
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
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