Archeparchy of Kalyan
Archeparchy of Kalyan ܐܪܟܝܕܝܘܩܝܐ ܕܟܲܠܝܵܢ | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Territory | Civil districts Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Raigad, Pune, Palghar, Nasik, Kolhapur, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Satara, Solapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed (Bhir), Nanded, Latur, Osmanabad, Buldhana, and Akola, together with the entire State of Goa, comprising the two civil districts of South Goa and North Goa. |
| Statistics | |
| Population |
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| Parishes | 101 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Thomas in Kalyan, India |
| Patron saint | St. Thomas Apostle |
| Secular priests | 176 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Mar Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Mar Raphael Thattil |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal ܣܒܣܛܝܢ ܘܢܝܐܦܘܪܟܠ |
| Suffragans | Eparchy of Chanda Eparchy of Rajkot |
| Bishops emeritus | Mar Thomas Elavanal ܡܵܪܝ ܬܐܘܿܡܐܵ ܐܲܦܸܣܩܘܿܦܵܐ |
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The Archeparchy of Kalyan is an Eastern Catholic Archeparchy in India within the Syro-Malabar Church, based in Kalyan, India. The eparchy was established to cater the spiritual needs of the Syro Malabar Christians based in the Indian State of Maharashtra including the metropolitan cities of Mumbai, Pune and Nasik. Its first bishop was Mar Paul Chittilapilly. The Eparchy celebrated its silver jubilee in the year 2013. Mar Thomas Elavanal MCBS then shepherded the Eparchy until 2025. The second session of the xxxiii synod of bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church elected Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal the then curia bishop of the Syro-Malabar Church to the office of the bishop of Kalyan.