The Syro-Malabar Church

Denomination·Founded 1599 CE·est. ~5.5 million by the 2023 Annuario Pontificio, in Kerala, the rest of India and a large migrant diaspora.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → The Eastern Catholic Churches → The Syro-Malabar Church

Branch

Community

who belongs, how you join, how it is organized
Who decides how the church prays. A synod of bishops legislates for the whole church; an archdiocese of five hundred thousand said no for four years. The compromise reached in June 2025 gave each side part of what it wanted and settled the question of who has the last word by not answering it. Go deeper — context →
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