| ESTABLISHED
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A.D. 52
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FOUNDER
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St. Thomas the Apostle
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PRESENT CATHOLICOSE
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H.H. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III
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| SUCCESSION
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92nd Catholicos (9th Catholicose after Re-Establishment in India) |
| CATHOLICATE ESTABLISHED IN
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A.D.231
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| RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CATHOLICATE IN MALANKARA
|
1912
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| TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
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APPROX 3 MILLION
|
| DIOCESES
|
30
|
| PARISHES
|
1662
|
| CHAPELS & OTHER WORSHIP CENTERS
|
199
|
| MEMBERS OF THE HOLY SYNOD
|
27
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| RAMBANS
|
21
|
| COR - EPISCOPAS
|
89
|
| PRIESTS
|
1297
|
| DEACONS & ORDINANDS
|
120
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| SPIRITUAL ORGANISATIONS
THEOLAGICAL SEMINARIES MISSION TRAINING CENTRE |
12
2 1 |
| MONASTERIES
|
23
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| CONVENTS
|
16
|
| MONKS
|
210
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| NUNS
|
200
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| COLLEGES
|
23
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| INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTERS
|
15
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| SCHOOLS
|
240
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| TRAINING SCHOOL
|
5
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| HOSPITALS
|
30
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| DESTITUTE HOMES AND ORPHANAGES
|
53
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| MISSION CENTERS
|
33
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