Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum

Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram Archidioecesis Trivandrensis Latinorum തിരുവനന്തപുരം
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Thiruvananthapuram
Statistics
Area	686 km^2 (265 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 2,368,000 261,220 (11.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite or Roman rite
Cathedral	St. Joseph's Cathedral, Thiruvananthapuram
Patron saint	St Thérèse of Lisieux
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Most Rev. Dr. Soosa Pakiam M.
Auxiliary Bishops	Most Rev. Dr. Christudas Rajappan
Vicar General	Very Rev. Msgr. Eugine H. Pereira
Episcopal Vicars	Very Rev. Msgr. Dr. Thomas J. Netto
Judicial Vicar	Very Rev. Dr. Gladin Alex
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

St. Joseph's Cathedral at night

St. Joseph's cathedral, Thiruvananthapuram

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram (Latin: Trivandren(sis) Latinorum) is an archdiocese located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India.

History

• July 1, 1937: Established as the Diocese of Thiruvananthapuram from the Diocese of Quilon
• June 3, 2004: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram

Leadership

• Archbishops of Thiruvananthapuram (Latin Rite)
  • Archbishop Maria Kalist Soosa Pakiam (June 3, 2004 – present)
• Bishops of Thiruvananthapuram (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Maria Kalist Soosa Pakiam (later Archbishop) (January 31, 1991 – June 3, 2004)
  • Bishop Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. (August 3, 1979 – January 31, 1991)
  • Bishop Peter B. Pereira (October 1, 1966 – June 13, 1978)
  • Bishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. (July 1, 1937 – October 24, 1966)

Suffragan dioceses

• Alleppey
• Neyyattinkara
• Punalur
• Quilon

Source

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Archdiocese website

Coordinates: 8°26′00″N 76°55′00″E / 8.4333°N 76.9167°E