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{{Short description|Eastern Catholic archeparchy in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Archeparchy
|name = Tellicherry
|local ={{Script/Mdnh|ܐܪܟܝܕܝܘܩܝܐ ܕܬܲܠܲܣܲܪܝ}} <br/> {{Script/Mdnh|തലശ്ശേരി അതിരൂപത}}
|image =Thalassery diocese.png
|caption =

|country = India
| territory =
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| province = 
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|denomination = [[Catholic Church]]
|sui_iuris_church = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]
|rite = [[East Syriac Rite]]
|cathedral = St Joseph's Cathedral in [[Palissery]], [[Thalassery]]
|cocathedral =
|established = {{start date and age|31 December 1953}}
|patron = [[Saint Joseph]]<ref name="gcatholic.diocese.tell0.info"/>

|parishes = 254<ref name="gcatholic.diocese.tell0.info"/>
|area_km2 = 4,958
| area_footnotes = <ref name="gcatholic.diocese.tell0.info"/>
|population = 3,814,247
|population_as_of = 2020<ref name="gcatholic.diocese.tell0.info"/>
|catholics = 274,460<ref name="gcatholic.diocese.tell0.info"/>
|catholics_percent= {{percentage|274,460|3,814,247|1|%=}}
| priests = 475 (304 diocesan, 171 religious)<ref name="gcatholic.diocese.tell0.info">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tell0.htm |title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry, India (Syro-Malabar Rite) Info |date=1 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref>

|pope = {{incumbent pope}}
|bishop = [[Joseph Pamplany]]
|bishop_title = Archeparch
|coadjutor =
|major_archbishop = [[Raphael Thattil]]
|auxiliary_bishops=
|emeritus_bishops = {{Ubl
| [[George Njaralakatt]]
| [[George Valiamattam]]
}}

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|website = {{URL|archdioceseoftellicherry.org}}
| footnotes = <ref name="gcatholic.diocese.tell0.info"/><ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dtesm"/>
}}

The '''Archeparchy of Tellicherry''' (also anglicized as the '''Archdiocese of Thalassery''') is a [[Syro-Malabar Church]] ecclesiastical jurisdiction or arch[[eparchy]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in India. The boundaries of the Thalassery [[ecclesiastical province]] were extended to include [[Mangalore]], [[chikamagalur|Chickmangalore]], [[Mysore]], [[Shimoga]] and [[Ootty]] as there were settlers in the neighbouring States. The diocese covers an area of 18,000 km<sup>2</sup> and a [[Catholic]] population of 273,826. Since 2022, [[Joseph Pamplany]] is the Metropolitan Archbishop.<ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dtesm">{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtesm.html |title=Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar Archeparchy) |date=17 March 2023 |access-date=19 March 2023 |publisher=David M. Cheney}}</ref>

The [[ecclesiastical province]] came into existence on 31 December 1953 through the [[papal bull]] ''Ad Christi Ecclesiam Regendam'' issued by [[Pope Pius XII]]. The boundaries of the new diocese were the same as those of the [[Latin Church]] Diocese of Calicut. Later, as Syro-Malabar Catholics migrated even to the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the boundaries were extended to the present Latin Diocese of Mangalore, Chickmangalur, Mysore, Shimoga, and Ootacamund by a decree of the Holy See on April 29, 1955.

== Malabar Migration ==
The history of the [[Malabar Migration]] and that of the ecclesiastical province of Thalassery are closely connected. The Thalassery diocese took up the struggle of the settlers, who were mostly Syriac Rite Catholics not accustomed to [[Roman Rite]] ceremonies. Petitions were sent to the [[Holy See]] by the bishops of the settlers, who had migrated to the British Malabar since 1930, requesting for a diocese of their own. [[Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant|Cardinal Tisserant]], the [[Congregation for the Oriental Churches|Prefect of the Oriental Congregation]] came to Malabar and personally saw the pitiable situation of the settlers. With the help of locals and priests, they started to make changes in the region.

==Ordinaries==
'''Bishops and Archbishops'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background: #efefef;" | Ordinary
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Designation
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Year of appointment
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Last year of service
|-
| [[Sebastian Valloppilly]]
| align="center" | Bishop
| align="center" | 1956
| align="center" | 1989
|-
| [[George Valiamattam]]
| align="center" | Archbishop
| align="center" | 1989
| align="center" | 2014
|-
| [[George Njaralakatt]]
| align="center" | Archbishop
| align="center" | 2014
| align="center" | 2022
|-
| [[Joseph Pamplany]]
| align="center" | Archbishop
| align="center" | 2022
| align="center" | ''present''
|}
'''Auxiliary Bishops'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background: #efefef;" | Ordinary
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Designation
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Year of appointment
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Last year of service
|-
| [[Joseph Pamplany]]
| align="center" | Auxiliary Bishop
| align="center" | 2017
| align="center" | 2022
|}

==Suffagran eparchies==
:* ''Source: GCatholic''<ref name="gcatholic.diocese.tell0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tell0.htm |title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry, India (Syro-Malabar Rite) |date=1 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady|Eparchy of Belthangady]]
* [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bhadravathi|Eparchy of Bhadravathi]]
* [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya|Eparchy of Mandya]]
* [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mananthavady|Eparchy of Mananthavady]]
* [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thamarassery|Eparchy of Thamarassery]]

== Churches under Archdiocese of Thalassery ==
The '''Archdiocese of Thalassery''' is home to 203 parishes divided under 19 foranes (proto-presbyteries). The Archdiocese contains several historic and spiritually significant churches, many of which are known as the "first migration churches of Malabar." These parishes served as the spiritual and social backbone for the early [[Syro-Malabar Church|Syro-Malabar]] migrants who settled in the northern high ranges of Kerala during the mid-20th century.

==See also==
* {{annotated link|Sacred Heart Schools, Angadikadavu}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.archdioceseoftellicherry.org Archdiocese of Thalassery website]
* [http://www.syromalabar.com/dioceses/thalassery/ Archdiocese of Thalassery -- Information & Photographs]
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.thesyromalabarchurch.org/thalassery.htm |title=Archdiocese of Thalassery |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015144324/http://www.thesyromalabarchurch.org/thalassery.htm |archive-date=15 October 2006 |ref=none}}
* [http://vjec.ac.in Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemperi]
* [https://vjim.ac.in Vimal Jyothi Institute of Management and Research, Chemperi]
* [https://adtjcs.com/archdioceseoftellicherry/administration/curia/archeparchial_curia Archeparchial curia {{!}} Archdiocese of Tellichery]
* [https://adtjcs.com/archdioceseoftellicherry/archeparchy/history History {{!}} Archdiocese of Tellichery]

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