Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Idukki

Eparchy of Idukki
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Ernakulam-Angamaly
Metropolitan	Ernakulam-Angamaly
Statistics
Area	3,000 km² (1,200 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2009) 760,350 261,750 (34%)
Parishes	151
Information
Denomination	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite	Syro-Malabar Rite
Established	15 January 2003
Cathedral	Cathedral of St George in Idukki
Patron saint	St Thomas
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	George Alencherry
Bishop	Mathew Anikuzhikattil
Metropolitan Archbishop	George Alencherry
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Idukki is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It is a suffragan eparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly. The creation of the diocese is contained in an Apostolic Constitution "Maturescens catholica fideis" put forth by Pope John Paul II in December 2002, it is the twenty-sixth diocese of the Church. Fr. Mathew Anikuzhikattil from the diocese of Kothamangalam is bishop of the diocese.

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Syro-Malabar Catholic Church hierarchy

Major Archeparchy	Ernakulam-Angamaly

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Exarchate	Canada

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