Archdiocese of Tellicherry
Rite: Syro-Malabar
Region : Kerala
Patron: St. Joseph
Founded: 31 December 1953
Province: Tellicherry
Status: Archdiocese
Total area: 4,903 Sq.kms.
Total Population : 3,60,500
Catholics Total: 2 94 757
Diocesan Priests: 311
Religious Priests: 0
Religious Sisters: 1538
Minor Seminarians: 72
Major Seminarians: 59
Archdiocese of Tellicherry at a Glance
Ecclesiastical Institutions
| Parishes & Substations | : 240 | Retreat Centres | : 01 |
| Major Seminaries | : 0 | Diocesan Minor Seminaries | : 01 |
| Congregation Minor Seminaries | : 07 | Religious Formation Houses | : 0 |
| Men Religious Houses | : 41 | Women Religious Houses | : 248 |
| Hospitals | : 08 | Dispensaries / Clinics / Health Centres | : 12 |
| Orphanages | : 23 | Homes for Aged & Destitute | : 15 |
| Schools for Physically Challenged | : 0 | Homes for Physically Challenged | : 32 |
| Crèches | : 03 | Boarding Houses | : 0 |
| Counselling Centres | : 05 | De-addiction Centre | : 0 |
| Social Centres | : 04 | HIV / AIDS Centre | : 0 |
| Professional Colleges | : 03 | Degree Colleges | : 06 |
| Parallel Colleges | : 0 | Vocational / Technical Training Centres | : 02 |
| Higher Secondary / Junior Colleges | : 08 | High Schools | : 01 |
| Upper Primary Schools | : 55 | Lower Primary Schools | :01 |
| Nurseries / Pre-Primary Schools | :105 | Presses & Media Centres | : 01 |
The Diocese of Tellicherry, erected by the Bull 'Ad Christi Ecclisiam Regendam' dated December 31, 1953 of His Holiness Pope Pius XII of happy memory, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam, is for the Catholics of the Syro - Malabar Church who migrated to Malabar region of the erstwhile Travancore and Cochin States. The boundaries of the new diocese were the same as those of the Latin Diocese of Calicut. But later, as Catholics of Syro - Malabar Church migrated even to the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the boundaries were extended to the present Latin Diocese of Mangalore, Chickmangalur, Mysore, Shimoga, and Ootacamund by a decree of the Holy See dated April 29, 1955.
Most Rev. George Njaralakatt
Archbishop Emeritus of Tellicherry
Personal Details
Born:23-Jun-1946
Priestly Ordination:20-Dec-1971
Episcopal Ordination:7-Apr-2010
Period:--
Tel(P): 0490-2344977,09449509662, 09446955591
Email(P): gnjaralakatt@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House,
Hollow Way Road, P. B. No. 70,
Thalassery P. O. - 670 101
Kannur Dt. (Kerala)
Tel(O): 0490-23 41 058
Fax : 23 41 412
Email : diocese@archdioceseoftellicherry.org
Most Rev. Mar George Valiamattam
Archbishop Emeritus of Tellicherry
Personal Details
Born:16-Sep-1938
Priestly Ordination:30-Nov-1963
Episcopal Ordination:1-May-1989
Period:--
Tel(P): 09447386601,0490-2341412
Email(P): archbishopgeorgev@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House,
Sanjos Bhavan,
Hollow Way Road, P. B. No. 70,
Thalassery P. O. - 670 101,
Kannur Dt. (Kerala)
Tel(O): 0490-23 41 058
Fax : 23 41 412
Email : diocese@archdioceseoftellicherry.org
| Name | Designation | Period |
| Most Rev. Mar George Valiamattam | Bishop | 1989-1995 |
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| Most Rev. Sebastian Valloppilly | Archbishop | 1955-1989 |
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