Archdiocese of Cranganore

This article is about the latinised Episcopal See of Saint Thomas Christians. For the pre-1599 metropolitanate, see India (East Syriac ecclesiastical province).
Archdiocese of Cranganore
Puthenchira Saint Mary's Syro-Malabar Church, a cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cranganore
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceCranganore
HeadquartersAngamaly,
Cranganore
Information
First holderFrancisco Roz
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite (Latinized)
Established1599
Dissolved1838
Suffragansnil

The Archdiocese of Cranganore, formerly the Archdiocese of Angamalé, was an Eastern Catholic archdiocese in Kodungallur, Kerala, India. It employed the East Syriac Rite but was latinised due to its being a suffragan of the Portuguese Padroado's Archdiocese of Goa.

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