St. Thomas Cathedral, Irinjalakuda

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St. Thomas Cathedral
Location	Irinjalakuda, Kerala
Country	India
Denomination	Catholic Church (Syro-Malabar)
History
Founded	1845 A.D.
Administration
Division	Kerala

St. Thomas Cathedral^[1] is the Syro Malabar Catholic cathedral^[2] of the eparchy of Irinjalakuda^[3] in India.^[4] It presently exists under the nomenclature and the Canonical Status as Cathedral in the Wake of the Origin of the New Eparchy, effected by the amalgamation of the two independent and important parishes of the locality, namely, St. George’s Forane Church and St. Mary’s church, which were amicably situated side by side for about a century.

The Cathedral Parish is the largest Syro Malabar Catholic Parish in India and Asia, presently numbering a Syro Malabar Catholic population of 14,000 people, belonging to 3,600 families. Apart from the Eparchial office and related institutions, numerous religious institutes, formation houses, as well as catechetical, educational and service centers took their origin with the benign and generous support of the Catholic Community of the area. The major religious institution to be mentioned is the Udaya Provincial House belonging to the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel. The Cathedral Parish also has its own multifarious institutes and associations.