Idukki Orthodox Diocese

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Diocese of Idukki
Orthodox
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Location
Country India
Territory Idukki
MetropolitanH. G. Zachariah Mar Severios
HeadquartersGedseemon Aramana, Chakkupallom, Kumily-686 509
Information
First holder Mathews Mar Barnabas
Rite Malankara Rite
Established21 April 1982
DioceseIdukki Diocese
Parent church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Website
Idukki Diocese

Idukki Diocese is one of the 32 dioceses of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The diocese was formed in 1982 with the parishes in Idukki district in Kerala. [1] The Idukki Diocesan metropolitan's bishop house is Gathsemon Aramana which is situated at Chakkupallam. Zachariah Mar Severios is the Metropolitan of Idukki Diocese.

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History

Idukki Diocese was formed in 1982. This diocese was formed by the partition of Kottayam Diocese in 1982. The first metropolitan of Idukki Diocese was Mathews Mar Barnabas. He bought the land at Chakkupallam and constructed the bishop's house named Gathesemon Aramana.

Geography

The parishes in the diocese scattered across large geographical area. Located in the hilly forest area, the distance among the parishes are quite far from each other.

Diocesan Metropolitans

Idukki Orthodox Diocesan Metropolitan
FromUntilMetropolitanNotes
19821992 Mathews Mar Barnabas [2] 1st Metropolitan of the diocese
19921993Mathews Mar Severios
(Later Baselios Marthoma Mathews III)		2nd Metropolitan of the diocese
19932002 Baselios Marthoma Mathews II Catholicos3rd Metropolitan of the diocese, Ruled as Malankara Metropolitan
20022005 Abraham Mar Severios 4th Metropolitan of the diocese
01-Jul-200507-Jun-2007Augen Mar Dionysios5th Metropolitan of the diocese
20072009 Baselios Marthoma Didymos I Catholicos6th Metropolitan of the diocese, Ruled as Malankara Metropolitan
20092019 Mathews Mar Theodosius 7th Metropolitan of the diocese
200912-Jul-2021 Baselios Marthoma Paulose II Catholicos8th Metropolitan of the diocese, Ruled as Malankara Metropolitan
15-Oct-202103-Nov-2022 Baselios Marthoma Mathews III Catholicos9th Metropolitan of the diocese, Ruled as Malankara Metropolitan
03-Nov-2022Incumbent Zachariah Mar Severios [3] 10th Metropolitan of the diocese
Assistant Metropolitan
FromUntilMetropolitanNotes
19942002Paulose Mar PachomiosAssistant metropolitan
20072009Paulose Mar Milithios
(Later Baselios Marthoma Paulose II)		Assistant metropolitan
20192021Mathews Mar Severios
(Later Baselios Marthoma Mathews III)		Assistant metropolitan
202103-Nov-2022 Joshua Mar Nicodimos Assistant metropolitan

List of Parishes

Cathedral

Other Parishes

Pilgrim Centers

Notes

  1. ↑ "An Interview with H.G. Augen Mar Dionysius". stgregoriosaustin.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Idukki". indianchristianity.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kalpana No. 344/2022 Appointments of Bishops" (PDF). mosc.in. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

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