Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram തിരുവനന്തപുരം ലത്തീൻ അതിരൂപത | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Headquarters | Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Coordinates | 8°30′44″N 76°57′45″E / 8.51208510°N 76.96263490°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 686 km2 (265 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 95 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1 July 1937 |
| Cathedral | St. Joseph's Catedral, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Patron saint | Thérèse of Lisieux |
| Secular priests | 261 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Most Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Netto |
| Suffragans | Dioceses of Quilon, Alleppey, Punalur, and Neyyattinkara |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Rt. Rev. Dr. Christudas Rajappan |
| Vicar General | Very Rev. Msgr. Fr. Eugine H. Pereira |
| Judicial Vicar | Very Rev. Fr. Jose G., MCL |
| Website | |
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trivandrum (Latin: Trivandren(sis) Latinorum) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India. It shares its see with the major archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, the Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum. The archdiocese a metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses.