Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Parassala

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Eparchy of Parassala
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical province Trivandrum
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Rite Syro-Malankara Rite
Established5 August 2017
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Catholicos
Eparch Thomas Mar Eusebius

The Eparchy of Parassala is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in India. It was established by Pope Francis on 5 August 2017. [1] It covers Syro-Malankara Catholics in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Its first and current eparch is Thomas Mar Eusebius. The Eparchy of Parassala is a suffragan eparchy in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Trivandrum

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