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{{Short description|Eastern Catholic diocese in India (1599–1838)}}
{{about|the latinised Episcopal See of Saint Thomas Christians|the pre-1599 metropolitanate|India (East Syriac ecclesiastical province)}}
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|name = Cranganore
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| province = Cranganore
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|headquarters=[[Angamaly]],<br> [[Cranganore]]
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The '''Archdiocese of Cranganore''', formerly the '''Archdiocese of Angamalé''', was an [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] archdiocese in [[Kodungallur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It employed the [[East Syriac Rite]] but was [[Latinisation of liturgy|Latinised]] due to its being a suffragan of the Portuguese [[Padroado]]'s [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archdiocese of Goa]].<ref name="CathHierCranganore">{{Cite web |title=Cranganore (Angamala) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc518.html |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref><ref name="GCathCranganore">{{Cite web |title=Former Archdiocese of Cranganor |url=https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/cran2 |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=GCatholic}}</ref>

== History ==
The archdiocese was a product of [[Synod of Diamper]] held in the [[Archdiocese of Angamaly|Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Angamaly]] in 1599.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Menon|first=A. Sreedhara|url=https://indianculture.gov.in/gazettes/kerala-district-gazetteers-ernakulam|title=Portuguese and the Malabar Church|journal=Kerala District Gazetteers: Ernakulam|publisher=The Superintendent of Government Presses, Government Press|year=1965|location=Trivandrum|pages=140|author-link=A. Sreedhara Menon}}</ref> It operated first as the Archdiocese of Angamalé and was under the [[East Syriac Rite]], but was [[Latinisation of liturgy|Latinised]] due to its being a suffragan of the Portuguese [[Padroado]]'s [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archdiocese of Goa]]. The name was changed to the Archdiocese of Cranganore in 1600, before the consecration of its first bishop.<ref name="CathHierCranganore" />

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]]. The archdiocese was dissolved in 1838.

== Bishops and hierarchs after the Synod of Diamper ==

===Archdiocese of Angamalé===
*[[Francisco Ros|Francis Ros]], [[Jesuits|S.J.]] (Francisco Rodríguez; 15 Dec 1599 - 25 Jan 1601 Appointed but not consecrated)

=== Archdiocese of Cranganore ===
*Francis Ros, S.J. (Francisco Rodríguez; 25 Jan 1601 - 18 Feb 1624 Died)
*[[Etienne de Brito]], S.J. (18 Feb 1624 - 2 Dec 1641 Died)
*Francisco Garcia Mendes, S.J. (2 Dec 1641 - 3 Sep 1659 Died)
*[[Palliveettil Chandy|Mar Alexander Parambil]] (1 Feb 1663 - 16 July 1685)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdcamp.html|title = Bishop Alexandre de Campo [Catholic-Hierarchy]}}</ref>
*Jerome de São Tiago, [[Benedictines|O.S.B.]] (8 Jan 1689 - ? Resigned before consecration)
*Didacus Álvares (19 Apr 1694 - 30 Dec 1697 Resigned)
*João Ribeiro (archbishop), S.J. (5 Dec 1701 - 24 Jan 1716 Died)
*Antonio Pimentel (archbishop), S.J. (20 Jan 1721 - 6 Mar 1752 Died)
*João Luis Vasconcellos, S.J. (6 Mar 1752 - 11 Oct 1754 Died)
*Salvator dos Reis, S.J. (19 Jul 1756 - 7 Apr 1777 Died)
*[[Kariattil Iousep|Kariattil Mar Iousep]] (16 Dec 1782 - 9 Sep 1786 Died)
**[[Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar|Paremmakkal Thomas]] (Administrator) (1786 - 1799)
*Teodoro Botelho Homen Bernardes (26 Aug 1806 Confirmed - )
*Paulo a Santo Tomas de Aquino, [[Dominican Order|O.P.]] (17 Dec 1819 - 19 Dec 1823 Died)
*José Joaquim de Oliveira Carvalho (da Imaculada Conceição Amarante), [[Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M. Obs.]] (19 Dec 1825- 1835 Died)

==References==
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[[Category:Former Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]

Archdiocese of Cranganore - Revision history

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