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18. ST. PAUL UNITKORATH LANE, EAST FORT, THRISSUR
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h¿§okvFcn-t™cn
ssh. {]kn-U‚ v
knknen s]mdn©p
sk{I-´dn
A¬t^m≥ktPmkv
tPm. sk{I-´dn
enj tPmbv
{Sj-d¿
tPmkv^n≥ tPm¨
Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral 303
1. tImS≥I-≠Øv D{Ip h¿§okv
2. tImS≥I-≠Øv B‚Wn A®mΩ
3. IÆ-ºpg Iqf tPm¨ `mcy tagvkn
4. shfp-Øq-°m-c≥ Ipcn-b≥ tPmbv
5. Fcn-t™cn tXmakv skeo\
6. Fcn-t™cn tPmkv `mcy tacn
7. IÆ-ºpg Um\n-tb¬ tSmWn
8. tN‰p-]p-g-°m-c≥ tPm¿÷v tPmj≥
9. tN‰p-]p-g-°m-c≥ s]mdn©p tPm¿÷v
10. s\øm≥ sIm®p-amXyp `mcy t{Xky
11. Fcn-t™cn tXmakv tPmbv
12. awK-e-∏n-≈n¬ sPbv°_v kmdmΩ
13. ta°m-´p-Ipfw tPmk^v tPm¿÷v
14. ]qtØm-°m-c≥ Nmt°m `mcy en√n
15. Nncn-b≥I≠Øv NpΩm¿ tPm¨
16. sIm≈-∂q¿ tZh- n-°p´n tPm¨
17. IÆ-ºpg Um\n-tb¬ tPmkv
18. sk‚v t]mƒ bqWn‰v
IΩ‰n AwK-߃
tPmfnIm´q-°m-c≥
18. tImS≥I-≠Øv C∂okv h¿§okv
19. tXm´m≥ tUhokv tPm¨
20. tXm´m≥ tUhokv sPbv°_v
21. tXm´m≥ sk_n sP n
22. Xc-I≥ tPmk^v B‚Wn
23. ]Sn-°e A¥-∏≥ s]mdn©p
24. s\´n-°m-S≥ tXmakv tPm¿÷v
25. Im´q-°m-c≥ tZh n tPmfn
26. Nnd-bØv a™bn¬ sNdnb tPmkv
27. s]mdp-Øq¿ s]mdn©p tdmkn
28. aq°≥ eqhokv tPmWn
29. Nn‰n-e-∏n≈n Nmt°m At¥mWn
30. hS-t°-Øe Idp-tØ-S-Øp-]-d-ºn¬ sF∏v
Nmt°m
31. Be-∏m´v t]mƒ {^m≥knkv
32. hS-t°-Øe hdoXv sIm®m∏p
tPmk^vB‚Wn
kn¬hntPm¿÷v
B\ntPm¿÷v
tPm¿÷vtN‰p-]p-g-°m-c≥
h¿§okvC∂okv
B‚Wn
B\n-ta-t‰gvkv: A okn lukv, Xriq¿. t^m¨: 2333342
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
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304 Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral
tImS-¶-≠ØvD{Ip h¿Kokv
Tel: 2333517
h¿Kokv
F¬k
tPmbv
eo\‰v
D{Ip
I{Xo\
B‚Wn
adn-bmΩ
\mY≥
a-Iƒ
ktlm-Z-c≥
ktlm. `mcy
ktlm. aI≥
ktlm. aIƒ
ktlm. aI≥
ktlm-Zcn
SSLC
P.G.DiplomaDegree
B.TechDegree Student
SSLC
SSLC
Workshop–
ContractorHousewifeEngineer
–––
B+ve
AB–ve
B+ve
B+ve
O+ve
O+ve
B+ve
–
tImS-¶-≠Øvs]mdn©p At¥mWn
Tel: 2333824
IÆ-ºpg IqftPm¨ tagvkn
Tel: 2333900
shfp-Øq°m-c≥Ipcn-b≥ tPmbv
Tel: 2331401
tagvkn
tPmkv
Pn≥kn
tPm¨
\mY
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aI≥
SSLC
DegreeP.G.
Child
Housewife
BusinessHousewife
–
A+ve
A+ve
B+ve
AB+ve
tPmbv
enj
sP^n≥
^n\ptamƒ
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
aIƒ
SSLCSSLC
SSLC Student
Student
SalesmanHousewife
––
O+ve
A+ve
A+ve
O+ve
4
3
2
1
A®mΩ{^m≥kokv
sj¿enA®p-tacn
sXmΩntcJ
{_oPoØ{]nbtacn
hn≥sk‚ vSnk
B‚WnC´n
{_oPoØh¿§okvjo_A\p
B‚WntPmk^v[\y
{_oPoØB‚Wn
\mYaI≥
acp-a-IƒaIs‚ aIƒaIs‚ aIƒ
aI≥acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aIƒaIs‚ aIƒaIs‚ aIƒ
aI≥acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aI≥aIs‚ aI≥aIs‚ aIƒ
aI≥acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aIƒaIs‚ aI≥
aI≥acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aIƒaIs‚ aI≥
DegreeP.G.P.G.
––
Ph.D.––––
Ph.D.Degree
–––
P.G.Degree
––
DegreeDegree
––
Housewife––––
Scientist–––––––––
Manager–––
BusinessHousewife
––
–––––––––––––––––––
O–ve
–––
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
St. Paul Unit
Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral 305
Fcn-t™cntXmakv skeo\
Tel: 2333712
skeo\
h¿§okv
Dj
tacn
sken≥
\mY
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aIƒ
aIs‚ aIƒ
SSLC
DegreeDegree
Degree Student
SSLC Student
–
BusinessHousewife
–
–
B+ve
B+ve
O+ve
B+ve
B+ve
Fcn-t™cntPmkv tacnTel: 2333847
IÆ-ºpgUm\n-tb¬ tSmWn
Tel: 2339008
tN‰p-]p-g-°m-c≥tPm¿÷v tPmj≥
Tel: 2333869
tN‰p-]p-g-°m-c≥s]mdn©p tPm¿÷v
Tel: 2333869
tacn
Bt‚m
sle≥
aoc
tPmk^v
\mY
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aIƒ
aIs‚ aI≥
Below SSLCSSLC
Degree
Degree StudentStudent
HousewifeBusiness
Housewife––
O+ve
B+ve
A+ve
B+ve
O+ve
tSmWn
en√n
\n\p
At¥mWn
A∂
\mY≥
`mcy
aIƒ
aI≥
aIƒ
DegreeDegree
DegreeStudentStudent
Business
HousewifeEngineer
–
–
A+ve
B+ve
AB+ve
AB+ve
AB+ve
tPmj≥
kn≥kn
acnb
\mY≥
`mcy
aIƒ
Degree–
Child
BusinessHousewife
–
B+ve
A+ve
–
tPm¿÷v
kteman
tdmbn
joe
Binjv
sFizcy
kn. s{Kbvkv tacn
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
acpa-Iƒ
aIs‚ aI≥
aIs‚ aIƒ
ktlm-Zcn
Below SSLC
Below SSLCSSLCTTC
StudentChild
–
Business
HousewifeBusiness
Housewife
–––
B+ve
B+ve
B+ve
A+ve
A+ve
O+ve
–
9
8
7
6
5
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
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]qtØm-°m-c≥Nms°m en√n
Tel: 2333822
en√n
Gs‚m
_nμp
\mY
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
SSLCDegree
Degree
HousewifeEngineer
Teacher
B+ve
B+ve
O+ve
14
s\ø≥sIm-®p-amXyp t{Xky
Tel: 2338279
t{Xky sIm®p-amXyp \mY TTC Retd Teacher B+ve
Fcn-t™cntXmakv tPmbv
Tel: 2333191
awK-e-∏n≈n¬tP°_v kmdmΩ
Tel: 2333860
ta°m-́ p-IpfwtPmk^v tPm¿÷v
Tel: 2336046
tPmbv
tSm^n
en\p tPmbv
{Sok tPmbv
\mY≥
`mcy
aIƒ
aIƒ
SSLCSSLC
PG Student
SSLC Student
BusinessHousewife
––
–B+ve
B+ve
B+ve
kmdmΩ \mY Degree Housewife A+ve
tPm¿÷v
B\n
tPmk^v
koa
So\
t]mƒ
Fa-dn≥
h¿§okv
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aIƒ
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
aI≥
Ph.D.
DegreeM.D.
Degree
StudentDegreeDegree
MDS
–
HousewifeDoctor
–
–Engineer
–
Dentist
B+ve
A+ve
B+ve
O+ve
O–ve
B+ve
B+ve
B+ve
13
12
11
10
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
St. Paul Unit
Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral 307
Nncn-b≥I≠ØvNpΩm¿ tPm¨
Tel:
sIm≈-∂q¿tZh- n-Ip´n tPm¨
Tel: 2336537
IÆ-ºpgUm\n-tb¬ tPmkv
Tel: 2333711
tImS-¶-≠ØvC∂okv h¿§okv
Mob: 9846086124
tPm¨
en√n
tPmkv
sjdn≥
sU∂n
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aI≥
SSLCSSLC
PDCM.Sc.
Student
–
–––
–
AB+ve
–
–––
tPm¨
tPmkv^o≥
Pm≥tkm
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
SSLCDiploma
MBBS Student
AgricultureNurse
–
B+ve
AB+ve
B+ve
tPmkv
A¬t^m≥k
sPdn
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
DegreeDegree
–
Business–
–
O+ve
–
–
h¿§okv
kPn
A≥Pp
A\p
\mY≥
`mcy
a-Iƒ
aIƒ
–
–StudentStudent
BusinessHousewife
––
B+ve
O+ve
B+ve
O+ve
18
17
16
15
tXm´m≥tUhokv tPm¨
Tel:
tPm¨ \mY≥ – – –
19
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
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s\‰n-°m-S≥tXmakv tPm¿÷v
Tel: 2333852
tPm¿÷v
kn¬hn
t]mƒ
Ubm\
tXmakv
tPm
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
aI≥
aI≥
P.G.Degree
P.G.
P.G.
DegreeDegree
Bank Manager–
Senior Marketing &Finance AnalystHousewife
Engineer–
O+ve
AB+ve
A+ve
B+ve
B+ve
A+ve
24
tXm´m≥tUhnkv tP°_v
Tel: 2320539
tXm´m≥sk_n sP n
Tel: 2323262
Xc-I≥tPmk^v B‚Wn
Tel: 2333669
]Sn-°eA¥-∏≥ s]mdn©p
Tel: 2333654
tP°_v
enkn
tcWp
tcJ
\mY≥
`mcy
aIƒ
aIƒ
P.G.DegreeStudent
Student
Manager
Housewife––
B+ve
AB+ve
A+ve
–
B‚Wn
skeo\
H_ok
sI∂‰v
{InÃo\
¢ntbm\
sI≥dn-tbm\
\mY≥
`mcy
aIƒ
acp-a-I≥
aIs‚ aIƒ
aIs‚ aIƒ
aIs‚ aI≥
SSLCSSLC
DegreeP.G.
Student
StudentChild
BusinessHousewife
Dentist––
––
B+ve
O+ve
O+ve
O+ve
O+ve
O–ve
O+ve
s]mdn©pknknenBt‚mtacn
{^m≥knkvCt·-jykv
tPm¨Ipcn-b≥
\njknknen
{^m≥knkv
\mY≥`mcyaI≥
acp-a-IƒaIs‚ aI≥aIs‚ aI≥aIs‚ aI≥
aI≥acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aIƒaIs‚ aI≥
––
MBBSPh.D.
B.Com. StudentSSLC Student
StudentDegreeDegreeStudentStudent
AgricultureHousewife
Doctor–––––
Housewife––
O+ve
ABA+ve
A+ve
A+ve
A+ve
A+ve
B+ve
B+ve
B+ve
–
23
22
21
20
sP n
tdml≥
\mY
aI≥
P.G.SSLC Student
–
–
B+ve
–
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
St. Paul Unit
Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral 309
Im´p-°m-c≥tZhkn tPmfn
Tel: 2333592
Nnd-bØv a™bn¬sNdnb tPmkv
Tel: 2333365
s]mdp-Øq¿s]mdn©p tdmkn
Tel: 2333825
tPmfn
tacn
\mY≥
`mcy
DegreeDegree
–
HousewifeO+ve
O+ve
tPmkv
_o‰n
lmcn tPmkv
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
P.G.
P.G.Degree
Retd ProfessorRetd Doctor
Engineer
B+ve
AB–ve
AB–ve
tdmkn s]mdn©p \mY B.A. Teacher B+ve
27
26
25
aq°≥eqhokv tPmWn
Tel: 2322858
tPmWn
sP∂n
Kn^v‰n
{Ko‰n
tKmUvkn
\mY≥
`mcy
aIƒ
aIƒ
a-Iƒ
SSLC
DegreeSSLC Student
Student
Student
BusinessHousewife
–––
O–ve
O+ve
O+ve
O–ve
O–ve
28
Nn‰n-e-∏n≈nNmt°m At¥mWn
Tel: 2333529
At¥mWn
tdmkn
tXmakv
Znhy
B‚Wn
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aI≥
DegreeSSLC
DegreePG
Child
Manager
HousewifeEngineer
Housewife
–
O+ve
B+ve
O+ve
B+ve
B+ve
29
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
Cathedral
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hS-t°-Øe Idp-tØ-S-Øp-]-d-ºn¬sF∏v Nmt°m
Tel: 2336399
Be-∏m v́t]mƒ {^m≥knkv
Tel: 2333561
hS-t°-Øehdn-bXv sIm®m∏p
Tel: 2333791
Nmt°mB·kvtPmbv
satUmWFUvthUvtUm¨B‚WnenΩn
tKmUvhn≥sFdn≥
\mY≥`mcyaI≥
acpaIƒaIs‚ aI≥aIs‚ aI≥
aI≥acp-a-Iƒ
aIs‚ aI≥aIs‚ aIƒ
Below SSLCBelow SSLC
DegreeDiploma
––
P.G.Degree
––
––
BusinessBusiness
––
EngineerOffice Work
––
B+ve
A+ve
O+ve
B+ve
O+ve
O+ve
O+ve
–––
sIm®m∏p
A¬t^m≥k
Pn^n
\mY≥
`mcy
aI≥
DegreeDegreeDegree
––
Doctor
A+ve
A+ve
A+ve
32
31
30
{^m≥knkv
Pb
B≥ {Sok
adnb {Sok
tkd Fen-k-_Øv
tacn t]mƒ
\mY≥
`mcy
aIƒ
aIƒ
a-Iƒ
ktlm-Zcn
B.E.
–––
–Below SSLC
EngineerHousewife
–
–––
B+ve
O–ve
O+ve
B+ve
–B+ve
ssZh-am-Xm-hmb ]. I\y-I-bpsS am≤yÿyw kzoI-cn-°m≥ \ap°v HmSn-
b-W-bmw.
hn. tPm¨ {IntkmtÃmw
ssZh-Øns‚ AΩ! F¥v Ahm-Ny-am -sbmcp ÿm\-t∏-cm -WXv!
tacn-bpsS AXn-hn-in-jvS-amb B \n[n Xpd-°p-hm-\p≈ Xmt°m-em-WXv.
_e-lo-\-amb a\pjya-\- n\v ImWm≥ AXm-tW‰w D]-I-cn-°p-I.
t]m∏v ]bkv 12-̨ m-a≥
{InkvXp Xs‚ k`-bmb adn-bsØ tbml∂m\p sImSpØp.
hn. Ft{^w
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
St. Paul Unit
Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral 311
HISTORY OF SYRO-MALABAR CHURCHSt. Thomas, one of the Apostles of Christ, after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost,set about with the mission of spreading the Gospel of Resurrection to the wholeworld. A review of the life of St. Thoms will prove how he fulfilled this great mission inIndia.According to the Indian tradition, St. Thomas came by sea and landed at Kodungalloor(Cranganore), the capital of the then Chera Empire about the year 52 A. D. Heconverted high caste Hindu families in Kodungalloor and Palayur (Trichur). Fromthere he went to Coromandal and suffered martyrdom near the Little Mount inTamilnadu. His body was brought to the town of Mylpore and buried in a holy shrine.Both written and oral traditions gathered from all classes of people in and aroundMylapore hold that St. Thomas, whom the inhabitants called the ‘‘The holy man’’arrived in Mylapore and lived there for sometime, preached and worked miracles andbuilt a Holy House which was called by the natives. ‘’The House of the Holy Man’’ andafter his death, he was buried in that house.The Holy Man preached the Gospel wherever he went, and founded churches.According to Malabar tradition St. Thomas founded seven churches, in Cranganore,Quilon, Chayal, Kokkamangalam, Niranam, Paraur and Palayur.According to Romban song, St. Thomas converted 17550 people of whom 6850were Brahmins. He ordained priests and consecrated Bishops. The Apostleconsecrated Kepa, a native as Bishop of Kodungalloor and the head of St. ThomasChristians and Paul as the Bishop of Mylapore. It is worth mentioning that the Apostlegave his converts a way of worship suited to their culture in their own native languageand that he did not impose any Jewish customs on them.From the 4th century onwards the Church in India established communication withthe Middle East and soon began to introduce books and share rites. Thus the IndianChurch became a member of the Syro-Chaldean Patriarchate for practical reasons.The head of the Indian Church was then called ‘’The Metropolitan and Gate of AllIndia’’ and had jurisdiction all over the country. When the Chaldean prelates came toIndia as the spiritual heads of the independent Metropolitan provinces under theEast Syrian Patriarch, the administration of the Indian Church was done by a nativepriest with the title ‘‘Archdeacon of all India’’ or ‘Jathikkukartavian’. Because of theclose association of the St. Thomas Christians with the East Syrian Church, theIndian Church of St. Thomas is classified in history under the Chaldean matrix ofrites, as we read in CCEO c.28:2.As Pope Pius XII said, ‘‘during the centuries that India was cut off from the West anddespite many trying vicissitudes, the Christian communities formed by the Apostleconserved intact the legacy he left them, and as soon as the sea passage at theclose of the 15th century offered a link with their fellow Christians of the West, theunion with them was spontaneous (AAS, XLV (1953) PP. 96.97). Thus theSyro-Malabar Chuch, as Pope John Paul II said, ‘‘Never served from the communionwith the Church of Rome, in a continuity that the enormous geogrphic distance hasnever been able to break. (‘’Insegnamenti Giovanni Paulo II,’’ III/2, Roma, 1980,P. 513).In the XV and XVI centuries the Metropolitans of the St. Thomas Christians, whowere then East Syrians, took Amgamaly as their Residential See (cf.Bulls of Pope
A{U v t]cvIpSpw-_-
hnZym-̀ ymkw sXmgn¬ ªUv\m-Y-\p-am-bp≈ {Kq∏v_‘w
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Julius III dated 10 March 1553 and 4 May 1553 in Giamil, “genuinae Relationes...’’Rome, 1902, PP. 17, 18-24).In the history of the St. Thomas’ Christians the arrival of the Western missionaries toIndia in the 16th century was a turning point. The Western missionaries helped thegrowth of the Indian Church, at the same time it also distorted the juridical identity ofthe St. Thomas Christians. After the Synod of Udayamperoor in the year 1599,Mgr. Francis Roz, a Portugeese missionary, was appointed the first Latin Bishop ofthe Metropolitan See of the St. Thomas Christians. On the 4th of August, 1600 thePortugeese Padroado jurisdiction was extended to Kodungalloor. The ResidentialSee of the bishop was transferred from Angamaly to Kodungalloor in 1607 in the lightof the letter of permision of Pope Paul V, dated 20th August 1605. On 22ndDecember, 1608 the Metropolitan status of the See of Kodungalloor was restored byPope Paul V. He ordered the geographical division of Cochin and Kodungalloor -Angamaly (cf. Bull of Pope Paul V dated, 12th October, 1609 “Bullarium PatronatusPortugalliae’’ Vol II, P. 14) as a compromise formula for settling the jurisdictionaldispute betwen the Bishop of Cochin and Bishop Francis Roz of Kodungalloor -Angamaly. On 22nd December 1610 Archbishop Menezes of Goa issued a decreerestricting the jurisdictional riots of the Metropolitan of St. Thomas Christians tocertain areas in the present states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and AndhraPradesh (cf. “Bullarium Romanum...’’ Vol. XI, PP. 606-608).The Policy of latinisation by some missionaries caused dispute and resistance amongthe St. Thomas Christians and it resulted in a revolt in the year 1653 called “CoonanCross Oath’’. To remedy this situation Propaganda rule was also introduced on theSt. Thoms Christians.The St. Thomas Christians were then divided amongthemselves under the two Latin jurisdictions of Padroado and Propaganda. The rebelbishops in course of time separated themselves from the Catholic communion.In 1865 the jurisdiction of the East Syrian Patriarch over the Church of theSt. Thomas Christians was formally terminted by the Apostolic See. In 1886 theMetropolitan See of Crangannore was suppressed and the St. Thomas Christianswere put under Verapoly which was then raised to the status of an archdiocese withthe establishment of the Latin Hierarchy in India under the Propaganda Fide. The titleof ‘Metropolitan of Crangannore’ was given “ad-honorem” to the Bishop of Damao.when the See of Damao was joined to that of Goa the Goan Archbishop began tocarry the title of Crangannore also.On 20 May 1887, Pope Leo XIIIth of illustrious memory by the bull “Quod Jam Pridem”reorganised the Christians of St. Thomas under two vicariates of Trichur and Kottayam.These Catholic St. Thomas Christians were then called ‘The Syro-Malabar Church’.On 28 July 1896 by the bull “Quae rei sacrae”, the same Pope again reoganised thetwo vicariates into three vicariates of Trichur, Ernakulam and Changanasserry. In1911 the Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam was erected for the Suddists.By the epoch making Constitution “Romani Pontifices” of 21st December, 1923, PopePius XI erected the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy and thus restored, to some extent, thehierarchical rule of the St. Thomas Christians. But the form of Government was thatof a Latin Metropolitan Province. Ernakulam was raised to the Metropolitan statusand the eparchies of Trichur, Changanasserry and Kottayam were made its suffragans.In 1955 the territory was extented to some districts in Tamil Nadu and Karnatake. In1956 Changanasserry also was raised to the Metropolitan status. By the time thenumber of eparchies had increased to seven. (contd. p. 503)
