Sweeping reorganization of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
August 29, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil of Ernakulam-Angamaly, India, the head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church since 2024, enacted a sweeping reorganization of the Eastern Catholic church.
The Major Archbishop erected four new ecclesiastical provinces and assigned an eparchy (diocese) to a preexisting province, all with the consent of the church’s Synod of Bishops, and following consultation with the Apostolic See.
The reorganization of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (CNEWA profile) follows a recent agreement that sought to bring an end to an acrimonious liturgical dispute within the church.
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