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POPE-MALANKARA Feb-10-2005 (250 words) xxxi
Pope elevates India's Syro-Malankara church to major archbishopric
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope John Paul II has elevated India's Syro-Malankara Catholic Church to a major archbishopric, a move that gives the 450,000-member church greater status and autonomy.
Raising the Eastern-rite church's status, the pope also promoted Archbishop Cyril Malancharuvil of Trivandrum to the rank of major archbishop.
The pope's move, announced Feb. 10 at the Vatican, makes the Syro-Malankara Church the third major archbishopric in the Catholic Church.
The Ukrainian Catholic Church gained the status in 1963, and India's Syro-Malabar Church was granted the status in 1992.
A major archbishop has authority similar to that of the Eastern Catholic patriarchs and the key decisions of their churches, including the election of bishops in their home territories, is made by their synods of bishops.
The main difference between an Eastern-rite church led by a patriarch and one led by a major archbishop is that the election of a new major archbishop must be confirmed by the pope. When a new patriarch is elected, he requests communion with the pope.
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church has five dioceses, all of which are in India, although there is an apostolic visitor and at least 15 missions in North America.
According to Vatican statistics, the church's 450,000 members are served by 632 priests. The church's five seminaries have a combined enrollment of 643 men. In addition, there are 17 orders of religious women with a total of 2,030 members.
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