The Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Catholic Church, traces its origin to apostolic times. Historically, the church developed as the Malankara Church, a suffragan of the Metropolis of Persia and India under the Church of the East and later elevated as the Metropolis of All India of the Church of the East in the seventh century by Patriarch Ishoʿyahb III. It had the jurisdiction all over India. After the Schism of 1552, the church was integrated with the Chaldean Catholic Church. The efforts of the Portuguese Padroado to liturgical latinisation under the Latin Church archidiocese that culminated in the Synod of Diamper in 1599, led to a suppression of the Syro-Malabar customs and rites, and liturgical Latinisation. In the 20th century, Syro-Malabar Catholics attained greater autonomy and were ultimately made a major archeparchal sui iuris church.
Eparchies in Proper Kerala Territory
Eparchies outside Kerala
Apostolic Visitations
Timeline
May 20, 1887 Two independent Vicariates of Kottayam (present Changanaseri1) and Thrisur2 for Syrians; Charles Lavigne and Adolf Medlycott were made Vicar Apostolic respectively (Quod Jampridem, Pope Leo XIII).
September 16, 1890 Seat of Kottayam Vicariate moved to Changanaseri.
July 28, 1896 Vicariate of Ernakulam3 created, with territories from both Vicariates of Changanaseri and Thrissur and Bishop Louis Pazheparambil, Bishop Mathew Makkil, and Bishop John Menachery were made the bishops respectively (Quae Rei Sacrae, Pope Leo XIII). August 29, 1911 Establishment of Kottayam4 Vicariate for the Knanaya (Suddists) Community of the Syrians.
December 21, 1923 Establishment of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy with Ernakulam as the Metropolitan See.
July 25, 1950 Eparchy of Pala5
December 31, 1953 Eparchy of Thalaseri6
July 26, 1956 Changanaseri made Archiparchy
January 10, 1957 Eparchy of Kothamangalam7
March 31, 1962 Eparchy of Chanda,8 Maharashtra (CMI) July 29, 1968 Eparchy of Sagar,9 Madhya Pradesh (CMI) July 29, 1968 Eparchy of Satna,10 Madhya Pradesh (VC) July 29, 1968 Eparchy of Ujjain,11 Madhya Pradesh (MST) March 23, 1972 Eparchy of Bijnor,12 Uttarakhand (CMI) March 23, 1972 Eparchy of Jagdalpur,13 Chattisgargh (CMI) March 1, 1973 Eparchy of Mananthavady14 June 20, 1974 Eparchy of Palakkad15 February 25, 1977 Eparchy of Rajkot16, Gujarat (CMI) February 26, 1977 Eparchy of Kanjirappally17 June 22, 1978 Eparchy of Irinjalakkuda18 June 19, 1984 Eparchy of Gorakhpur,19 Uttar Pradesh (CST) April 28, 1986 Eparchy of Thamaraseri20 April 30, 1988 Eparchy of Kalyan,21 Maharashtra
December 16, 1992 Establishment of Major Archiepiscopal see of Ernakulam-Angamaly May 18, 1995 Eparchies of Thrisur and Thalaseri made Archieparchies.
November 11, 1996 Eparchy of Thuckalay,22 Tamil Nadu
February 3, 1998 Major Archiepiscopal Headquarters at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad.
April 24, 1999 Eparchy of Belthangady,23 Karnataka
July 23, 1999 Eparchy of Adilabad,24 Andhra Pradesh (CMI) July 6, 2001 Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago,25 USA. December 19, 2002 Eparchy of Idukki26
May 9, 2005 Eparchy of Kottayam made Archieparchy.
August 21, 2007 Eparchy of Bhadravathi,27 Karnataka (MCBS) December 23, 2013 Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne established in and for Australia, also acting as Apostolic Visitator for neighbouring New Zealand