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{{Short description|Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
[[File:St Mary's Church Niranam.jpg|thumb|[[Niranam Church|St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Niranam]]]]
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction =
|name = Diocese of Niranam
|image = Malankara Emblem.png
|imagewidth =
|alt =
|caption = '''Catholicate Emblem'''
|country = [[India]]
|headquarters = Bethany Aramana, Thiruvalla, Kerala – 689 101
|coordinates =
|denomination =
|border = Orthodox
|territory = [[Niranam]]
|metropolitan = H. G. [[Yuhanon Chrysostamos|Yuhanon Mar Chrysostamos]]
|established = 1876, by [[Ignatius Peter IV]]
|website = [https://mosc.in/dioceses/diocese-of-niranam/ Niranam Diocese]
|first_incumbent = [[Gregorios of Parumala]]
|diocese = Niranam Diocese
|rite = [[Malankara Rite]]
|bishop =
|parent_church = [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]
}}

The '''Diocese of Niranam''' is one of the 32 [[diocese]] of the [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]] located at [[Niranam]], [[Kerala]], India.

==History==
The Diocese of Niranam is created in 1876 with 22 parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dioceseofniranam.org/260/377/about-diocese/brief-history |title=History of the Diocese |publisher=dioceseofniranam.org |date= |accessdate=2012-11-24}}</ref> The first [[Metropolitan Bishop| Metropolitan]] of the diocese was [[Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala|Parumala Mar Gregorios]] who was later declared by the Holy Synod in 1947 as the saint of the church. Parumala Seminary was the first Diocesan Headquarters.

Today there are 76 parishes and 6 chapels in the [[diocese]]. [[Niranam Church|St. Mary's Orthodox Church]], [[Niranam]] popularly known as Niranam Valiyapally, which is believed to be established by [[Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas the Apostle]] in AD 54 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://niranamchurch.com/NiranamChurch.htm |title=Niranam Valiyapally - St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, Niranam |publisher=Niranamchurch.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-24}}</ref> is a parish under the Niranam diocese. The [[diocese]] controls Karunagiri M.G.D Ashram, Balabhavan, Thiruvalla Marthamariam Mandiram Hostel and Aged Home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dioceseofniranam.org/260/377/about-diocese/brief-history |title=History of the Diocese |publisher=dioceseofniranam.org |date= |accessdate=2012-11-24}}</ref>

The diocesan headquarters is at Bethany Aramana, Thiruvalla. In 2023, the present Metropolitan is [[Yuhanon Chrysostamos| Dr. Yuhanon Mar Crysostomos]].<ref>[https://www.kalloopparapally.com/new_bishops.html Kalloopparapally Church website, Retrieved 2023-05-31]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malankaraorthodoxchurch.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=313 |title=Diocesan Bishop
|publisher=malankaraorthodoxchurch.in |date= |accessdate=2012-11-24}}</ref>

==Diocesan Metropolitan==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Niranam Orthodox Diocesan Metropolitan
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 15%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 15%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 35%;" | Metropolitan
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 35%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 10-Dec-1876
| style="text-align: center;" | 02-Nov-1902
| [[Gregorios of Parumala|Saint Gregorios of Parumala]]
| Saint of the church and first Indian origin to declared as Saint, entombed at [[Parumala Church]]

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 02-Nov-1902
| style="text-align: center;" | 11-Jul-1909
| [[Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II]]
| [[Malankara Metropolitan]], entombed at [[Orthodox Pazhaya Seminary|Pazhaya Seminary]], [[Kottayam]]

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 11-Jul-1909
| style="text-align: center;" | 1912
| [[Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril]]
| [[Malankara Metropolitan]], entombed at [[Orthodox Pazhaya Seminary|Pazhaya Seminary]], [[Kottayam]]

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1912
| style="text-align: center;" | 1933
| [[Baselios Geevarghese II|Geevarghese Mar Gregorios]]
| Later [[Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan]], entombed at Aramana Chapel, Devalokam

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1933
| style="text-align: center;" | 1937
| Joseph Mar Severios, Valakkuzhiyil
| Joined Syro Malankara Catholic Church in 1937

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1937
| style="text-align: center;" | 1940
| '''[[Baselios Geevarghese II]]'''
| [[Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan]], entombed at Aramana Chapel, Devalokam

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1940
| style="text-align: center;" | 1972
| Thoma Mar Dionysius
| Entombed at Mount Tabor Dayara, [[Pathanapuram]]

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1972
| style="text-align: center;" | 1975
| [[Baselios Augen I]]
| [[Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan]], entombed at Aramana Chapel, Devalokam

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1975
| style="text-align: center;" | 1976
| [[Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I]]
| [[Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan]], entombed at Aramana Chapel, Devalokam

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1976
| style="text-align: center;" | 2007
| [[Geevarghese Mar Osthathios]]
| Entombed at St. Paul's Mission Chapel, [[Mavelikkara]]

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2007
| style="text-align: center;" | Present
| [[Yuhanon Chrysostamos|Yuhanon Mar Chrysostamos]]
| 10th Metropolitan of the diocese
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Assistant Metropolitan
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 15%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 15%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 35%;" | Metropolitan
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 35%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1972
| style="text-align: center;" | 1975
| Mathews Mar Athanasius
| Assistant metropolitan

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2005
| style="text-align: center;" | 2007
| [[Yuhanon Chrysostamos|Yuhanon Mar Chrysostamos]]
| Assistant metropolitan
|}

==List of Parishes==
{{div col}}
* St. George Orthodox Church, Kattappuram, [[Thiruvalla]]
* St. Thomas Orthodox Church, [[Alappuzha]]
* St. George Orthodox Church, [[Anaprambal|Anaprampal]]
* Mar Baselios Orthodox Church, [[Anicadu (Pathanamthitta)|Anicad]]
* St. Thomas Sleeba Orthodox Church, Anjilithanam
* St George Orthodox Church, [[Chengaroor]]
* St. George Orthodox Valiyapally, [[Chennithala]]
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Chennithala South
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Elavumkal
* St George Orthodox Church, Erathodu [[Veeyapuram]]
* St. Thomas Orthodox Church, [[Eraviperoor]]
* St. George Orthodox Church, [[Kadamankulam]]
* St. George Orthodox Church, [[Kadapra]] Bethlehem
* St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Kadapra-Mannar
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Kaipatta
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Kallooppara
* St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Kallooppara
* St. George Orthodox Church, Karakkal
* Sleeba Orthodox Church, Kaviyoor
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Kuttoor
* St. Mary's Sehion Orthodox Church, Kunnamthanam, Vallamala
* St. George Orthodox Church, Vellampoika, Kunnamthanam
* Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church, Kuttapuzha
* St. John's Orthodox Church, Mallappally Bethany
* Marthamariam Orthodox Church, Mannar
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Manthanam
* St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Meethalakara
* St. Kuriakose Orthodox Church, Melpadom
* St. John's Orthodox Valiyapally, Mepral
* St. Elias Orthodox Church, Kalikavu, Mepral
* Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church, Mundiapally
* St. Kuriakose Orthodox Church, Mundukuzhy
* St. George Orthodox Church, Muthoor
* St. George Orthodox Church, Mylamon
* St. George Orthodox Church, [[Nedumpuram|Nedumpram]]
* St. George Orthodox Church, Nedumpram Vengal
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Nellimoode Bethany
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Niranam
* St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Vadakkumbhagom, [[Niranam]]
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Panayampala North
* St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Panayampala South
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Pandankery
* St. Peter's Sehion Orthodox Church, Parumala Seminary
* St. Thomas Orthodox Church, [[Parumala]]
* St. George Orthodox Church, Parumala
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Parumala
* St Peter's & Paul’s Orthodox Church, Pathicadu
* St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Pavukkara
* St. George Orthodox Church, Perumpettimon
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Pulikeezhu
* St John's Orthodox Church, [[Punnavely|Punnaveli]]
* St. Mary's Oorsalem Orthodox Church, Puramattom
* St. Kuriakose Orthodox Church, [[Puramattam|Puramattom]]
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Thalakulam
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Kizhakkekara, [[Thalavady]]
* St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Thalavady
* St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Thalavady West
* St. George Orthodox Church, Thengeli
* Baselios Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church, Thirumoolapuram
* St. Mulk Orthodox Church, [[Kavumbhagom]], [[Thiruvalla]]
* St. George Orthodox Church, Paliakkara, Thiruvalla
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Valanjavattom
* St Mary's Orthodox Church, Valanjavattom East
* St. George Orthodox Church, Valanjavattom West
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Veeyapuram
* St. George Orthodox Church, Vengal Bethany
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, [[Venpala]]
* Mar Baselios Orthodox Church, Kudakkapathal
* Mar Yacob Burdhana Orthodox Church, Murani
* Mar Baselios Orthodox Church, [[Thelliyoor]]
* St. John's Orthodox Church, [[Vennikulam]] Bethany
* St. George Orthodox Church, Vennikulam Muthupala
* St. Behanans Orthodox Church, Vennikulam
* St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Vennikulam
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Dioceses of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church}}

==External links==
* [http://dioceseofniranam.org Website of Niranam Diocese]
* [http://mosc.in Website of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]

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[[Category:Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church dioceses]]
[[Category:1876 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Dioceses established in the 19th century]]
[[Category:Oriental Orthodox dioceses in India]]
[[Category:Dioceses in Kerala]]

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