Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Melbourne

The St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne is a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Australia. The eparchy was erected by Pope Francis on 11 January 2014. This is the second eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church outside India, after the Eparchy of Chicago, and it has jurisdiction over Syro-Malabar Catholics in the entirety of Australia.^[1]

CountryAustralia, New Zealand and Oceania

DenominationCatholic Church

Sui iuris churchSyro-Malabar Catholic Church

RiteEast Syriac Rite

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Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar)
Location
Country	Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite	East Syriac Rite
Established	11 January 2014
Cathedral	Syro Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Major Archbishop	Mar Raphael Thattil
Eparch	Mar John Panamthottathil
Bishops emeritus	Bosco Puthur
Website
http://syromalabar.org.au

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It is not part of any ecclesiastical province, but immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches. In 2021 its territory was extended to include New Zealand and Oceania.^[2] Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Alphonsa in the episcopal see of Melbourne, Victoria consecrated on November 23, 2024 by the Major Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil and 20 other bishops.