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- The Latin Hierarchy of India was erected by Pope Leo XIII, on 1 September 1886, through the bull “Humanae Salutis”, with 6 Metropolitan Archdioceses: Agra, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Pondicherry and Verapoly, and 10 dioceses: Allahabad, Cochin, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Krishnagar, Mysore, Pune, Quilon, Tiruchirapalli and Visakhapatnam, and Patna continued to function as a Vicariate.
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The presence of the Latin Church in India, particularly on the coast of Quilon (Kollam), has protracted over eleven centuries or more. However, the work of evangelization was enthusiastically revived by the western missionaries in the 13th century.
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The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 20 million Catholics in India, representing around 1.55% of the total population, and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India.
The Latin Catholics of Malabar Coast, aka Latin Christians of Kerala or Malabar Latin Catholics ( Malayalam: ലത്തീൻ കത്തോലിക്കർ / ലതീൻ ക്രിസ്ത്യാനികൾ) are a multi-ethnic religious group who constitute the ecclesiastical provinces of Verapoly and Trivandrum, which follow the Roman Rite liturgical practices of the Latin Church, on the Malabar Coas...
All other Indian Catholics are "Latin" rite, not because they worship in Latin, but because their liturgical tradition is the Roman rite, celebrated in local languages). The Syro-Malabar Church is Indian in history and makeup, an ancient church with its own hierarchy under the authority of the pope.
The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic Church based in Kerala, India. It is a sui iuris (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO).
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Jan 11, 2024 · There are around 20 million Catholics in India, with most belonging to the Latin rite Roman Catholic Church. The Syro-Malabar Church is the largest eastern rite Catholic church in...
Jul 29, 2022 · India’s Latin-rite Catholics have concluded the national phase of the Synod on Synodality, finalizing their proposals for the 2023 synod in the Vatican, officials said.
