Timeline of The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - Era of Self-governance

Era of Self-governance

• 20 May 1887 Two independent Vicariates of Kottayam(present Changanaseri1) and Thrisur2 for Syrians; Charles Lavigne and Adolf Medlycott were made Vicar Apostolic respectively (Quod Jampridem, Pope Leo XIII).
• 14 December 1888 Foundation of Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) at Changanaseri
• 16 September 1890 Seat of Kottayam Vicariate moved to Changanaseri.
• 1 April 1891 Birth of Augustine Thevarparampil (Kunjachan) at Ramapuram, Kottayam.
• 24 June 1892 Foundation of Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (SVM) at Kaipuzha, Kottayam.
• 28 July 1896 Vicariate of Ernakulam3 created, with territories from both Vicariates of Changanaseri and Thrissur and Mar Aloysius Pazheparambil, Mar Mathew Makkil, and Mar John Menachery were made the bishops respectively (Quae Rei Sacrae, Pope Leo XIII).
• 8 December 1908 Foundation of Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (SABS) at Champakulam, Changanaseri
• 1 January 1911 Foundation of Sacred Heart Congregation for Women (Kerala) (SH) at Palai.
• 29 August 1911 Establishment of Kottayam4 Vicariate for the Knanaya (Suddists) Community of the Syrians.
• 14 May 1914 Foundation of the Congregation of Holy Family (CHF) at Puthenchira, Thrisur by Mariam Thressia.
• 29 January 1921 Foundation of Eparchial Society of the Oblates of the Sacred Heart (OSH)
• 21 December 1923 Establishment of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy with Ernakulam as the Metropolitan See and Mar Augustine Kandathil as the first Head and Archbishop of the Church (Romani Pontifices, Pope Pius XI).
• 16 November 1924 Mar Augustine Kandathil installed Archbishop.
• 8 June 1926 Death of Mariam Thressia
• 19 March 1927 Foundation of the Sisters of the Destitute (SD) at Chunungumvely, Ernakulam by Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly.

• 19 July 1927 Foundation of the Vincentian Congregation (VC)
• 3 July 1928 Foundation of Sisters of St Joseph Congregation (SJC) at Kottayam
• 5 October 1929 Death of Mar Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly
• 19 March 1931 Foundation of the Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (CST) by Mar Augustine Kandathil as a religious brothers congregation, the first such in India.
• 1 June 1932 Establishment of Mangalapuzha Seminary.
• 7 May 1933 Foundation of the Missionary Congregation for the Blessed Sacrament (MCBS)
• 1 January 1944 Foundation of Congregation of Sisters of Charity (CSC) at Chollannoor, Thrisur
• 31 October 1944 Foundation of Medical Sisters of St Joseph (MSJ) at Kothamangalam
• 27 December 1945 Mar Augustine Kandathil founds the priestly wing of the Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (CST) to better realise its aims.
• 19 March 1948 Foundation of Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth (CSN) at Edakkunnu, Ernakulam
• 20 April 1948 Foundation of Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha (CSM) at Ponnookara, Thrisur
• 2 April 1949 Foundation of Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI) at Cherthala, Alappuzha by Mgr. Joseph K. W. Thomas
• 25 July 1950 Eparchy of Palai5
• 29 August 1952 Death of Sr. Euphrasia CMC.
• 1 December 1953 Official Visitation of Cardinal Tisserant of the Oriental Churches in India.
• 31 December 1953 Eparchy of Thalaseri6
• 10 January 1956 Death of Archbishop Mar Augustine Kandathil.
• 26 July 1956 Changanaseri made Archiparchy

• 10 January 1957 Eparchy of Kothamangalam7
• 1 June 1957 Establishment of Dharmaram College, a major seminary by the CMIs in Bangalore.
• 1 January 1958 Fr. Placid Podipara made Rector of Malabar College in Rome.
• 25 January 1961 Foundation of Congregation of Samaritan Sisters (CSS) at Thrisur
• 31 March 1962 Eparchy of Chanda,8 Maharashtra (CMI)
• 3 July 1962 Establishment of St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam.
• 16 May 1968 Foundation of Malabar Missionary Brothers (MMB)
• 16 July 1968 Foundation of Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle (MST)
• 29 July 1968 Eparchy of Sagar,9 Madhya Pradesh (CMI)
• 29 July 1968 Eparchy of Satna,10 Madhya Pradesh (VC)
• 29 July 1968 Eparchy of Ujjain,11 Madhya Pradesh (MST)
• 3 July 1969 Foundation of Missionary Congregation of the Daughters of St. Thomas (DST) at Aruvithura, Kottayam.
• 23 March 1972 Eparchy of Bijnor,12 Uttarakhand (CMI)
• 23 March 1972 Eparchy of Jagdalpur,13 Chattisgargh (CMI)
• 1 March 1973 Eparchy of Mananthavady14
• 16 October 1973 Death of Fr. Augustine Thevarparampil (Kunjachan)
• 20 June 1974 Eparchy of Palakkad15
• 25 February 1977 Eparchy of Rajkot16 (CMI)
• 26 February 1977 Eparchy of Kanjirappally17
• 19 May 1977 Foundation of Society of Kristu Dasis (SKD) at Mananthavady by Bishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy
• 22 June 1978 Eparchy of Irinjalakkuda18
• 26 August 1978 Cardinal Joseph Parekkattil attends Conclave – first of its kind from Syro-Malabar Rite
• 8 September 1978 Mar Antony Padiyara appointed Apostolic Visitor of Non-resident Keralite Syro-Malarians by Pope John Paul I
• 19 June 1984 Eparchy of Gorakhpur,19 Uttar Pradesh (CST)
• 27 April 1985 Death of Father Placid J Podipara
• 19 December 1985 Approval of the Text of the Order of Syro-Malabar Qurbana by the Sacred Congregation for Oriental Churches
• 8 February 1986 Inauguration of the Order of Syro-Malabar Qurbana by Pope John Paul II at Kottayam.
• 8 February 1986 Beatification of Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara CMI and Sr. Alphonsa Muttathupadathu FCC at Kottayam by Pope John Paul II. – first man and woman from India to the Altar.
• 28 April 1986 Eparchy of Thamaraseri20
• 30 April 1988 Eparchy of Kalyan,21 Maharashtra
• 3 July 1989 Establishment of the Renovated Syro-Malabar Qurbana by the Sacred Congregation for Oriental Churches
• 3 July 1989 Foundation of Sisters of St. Thomas (SST) at Managanam, Kottayam.