Archdiocese of Cranganore

The Archdiocese of Cranganore or Cranganor and Angamaly was a latinised Syriac Padroado Archdiocese in Kodungallur, Kerala, India. This diocese is a product of so-called Synod of Diamper held in East Syriac Archdiocese of Angamaly and All India. Its headquarters was first at St. Thomas church, Cranganore Fort until 1662 and then at Puthenchira church for more than a century. Mar Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar, Administrator of the diocese moved its headquarters to Vadayar due to invasion of Tipu Sultan. Mar Poulose Pandari, a Chaldean Bishop belongs to Puthenchira parish of this diocese.

Archdiocese of Cranganore
Archbishop of Cranganore
Archbishopric
Puthenchira Saint Mary's Syro-Malabar Church, a longtime Cathedral of the erstwhile Archdiocese of Cranganore
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceCranganore
HeadquartersAngamaly,
Cranganore
Information
First holderFrancisco Roz
DenominationSyro-Malabar
Sui iuris churchPadroado LatinEast Syriac
RiteLatinised East Syriac Rite
Established1599
Dissolved1838
Suffragansnil
This article is about the latinised Episcopal See of Saint Thomas Christians. For the pre-1599 metropolitanate, see India (East Syriac ecclesiastical province).
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