Syro Malabar Timeline

The Syro Malabar Church, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Changanacherry

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• AD 52 Arrival of St. Thomas the Apostle in Muziris (Kodungalloor).
• 72 Martyrdom of St. Thomas the Apostle at Mylapore
• 250-325 Bishops Mar David & Mar Yohannan ("Metropolitan of India")
• 340-360 By the Thazhekad Sasanam the Nazranies granted special rights and privileges
• 345 Arrival of Thomas of Cana at Kodungalloor
• 9th century Church of the East Patriarch, Timeotheus I sends Bishop Mar Sapore (Kollam) Mar Proth (Kodungalloor).
• May 20, 1498 Vasco da Gama's arrival
• 1504 Bishop Mar Yacob (Kodungalloor)
• June 6, 1542 Francis Xavier's preaching
• 1555 Bishop Mar Joseph takes charge.
• 1564 Mar Abraham appointed Archbishop of Angamaly (Pope Pius IV)
• February 23, 1565 Establishment of Archdiocese of Angamaly as Metropolitan see
• 1597 Mar Abraham the last Syrian Bishop died.
• June 20, 1599 Synod of Diamper
• December 7, 1603 Angamaly Synod
• December 3, 1609 Archdiocese of Kodungalloor established
• December 22, 1610 Archbishop Menezes of Goa restricts the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of St. Thomas Christians from the north of Malabar to the south.
• January 3, 1653, Coonan Cross Oath
• December, 1647 Archbishop Garcia Appoints Fr. Jerome Furtado as Vicar General in place of the traditional Archdeacon
• 1657 Bishop Sebastiani OCD takes charge
• January 31, 1663 Fr. Alexander Palliveettil (Parambil Chandy) appointed the first Syrian Vicar Apostolic Malpan of Malabar.
• June 29, 1704 John Ribeiro S. J. appointed Abp. of Kodungalloor (Padroado)
• December 16, 1782 Mar Joseph Kariyatty appointed Archbishop of Kodungalloor.
• September 10, 1786 Archbishop Kariyatty dies. Paremmackal Thoma Kathanar Gubernador of the Archdiocese of Kodungalloor. This in which has been very difficult to deal with.
• February 1, 1787 Angamaly Padiyola
• June 8, 1861 Fr. Kuriakos Elias Chavara appointed Vicar General for Syrians.
• 1865 Jurisdiction of East Syrian Patriarch over St. Thomas Christians terminated.
• August 13, 1866 Establishment of Seminary at Puthenpally.
• November 11, 1877 Bishop Marcellinus OCD appointed Bishop for the Syrians.
• March 19, 1878 Bishop Marcellinus OCD.
• 1886 The Metropolitan See of Kodungalloor - Angamaly - suppressed. St. Thomas Christians placed under the Vicar Apostolic of Varapuzha.
• May 20, 1887 Two independent Vicariates of Kottayam and Trissur for Syrians; Bishop Lavigne and Bishop Medlycott.(Quod Jampridem, Leo XIII)
• July 28, 1896 Vicariate of Ernakulam created, with territories from both Vicariates. Bishop Louis Pazheparambil, Bishop Makkil, and Bishop Menachery (Quae Rei Sacrae, Leo XIII)
• December 21, 1923 Establishment of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy with Ernakulam as the Metropolitan See and Mar Augustine Kandathil as the first Head and Archbishop of the Church (Romani Pontifices, Pope Pius XI).
• 16 November 1924 Mar Augustine Kandathil installed Archbishop.
• June 1, 1932 Establishment of Mangalapuzha Seminary.
• 10 January 1956 Death of Archbishop Mar Augustine Kandathil.
• July 3, 1962 Establishment of St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor.
• December 16, 1992 Major Archiepiscopal see of Ernakulam-Angamaly created from the Archdiocese of Ernakulam.
• January 29, 1993 Cardinal Antony Padiyara, the first Major Archbishop (Quae Majori Christifidelium ,John Paul II), Mar Abraham Kattumana, Pontifical Delegate.
• May 20, 1993 Cardinal Padiyara takes charge. First Synod of the Church.
• December 18, 1996 Cardinal Padiyara's resignation accepted. Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil CSSR, Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
• February 3, 1998 Major Archiepiscopal Headquarters at Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad.
• November 9, 1998 First Major Archiepiscopal Assembly
• July 6, 2001 In USA St. Thomas Diocese of Chicago established.
• July 22, 2008 Christ University-the first University in the Syro-Malabar Church, established by the CMIs in Bangalore.