Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America

Diocese of Southwest America
Orthodox
Catholicate Emblem
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryAmerica
MetropolitanH. G. Thomas Mar Ivanios[1]
Headquarters3101 Hopkins Rd Beasley, TX 77417, USA
Information
First holderAlexios Mar Eusebios
RiteMalankara Rite
Established1 April 2009[2]
DioceseSouth West America Diocese
Parent churchMalankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Website
South West America Diocese
The Diocesan headquarter is located in Beasley, TX

The Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America, sometimes referred to as the Southwest Diocese or DS-WA is a diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The diocesan headquarters are located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, with a postal address of Beasley,[3] a suburban city in Texas 40 miles from downtown Houston. The southwest diocese covers several churches in the U.S. states, and Canada.[4]

History

American diocese

The American diocese was established in 1979 by Thomas Makarios. In 1991, after the transfer of Makarios to the newly formed Malankara Orthodox Diocese of UK, Europe & Africa, Mathews Barnabas was enthroned as metropolitan in 1993. In 2002, Zachariah Nicholovos was appointed as the assistant metropolitan.

Formation of the Southwest Diocese

The Diocese was formed by order number 145/2009 signed by the Catholicos of the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas and Malankara Metropolitan, Didymus I on 1 April 2009.[5][6] Barnabas and Nicholovos were appointed to the Northeast American Diocese and Alexios Eusebius was appointed the Southwest Diocese.

According to order number 01/2017,[7] Eusebius was transferred to the Diocese of Mavelikkara. Subsequently the Malankara Metropolitan assumed control over the diocese and Zacharias Aprem was appointed as the assistant metropolitan to the diocese. In October 2022, Thomas Ivanios was appointed as the permanent Diocesan Metropolitan bringing an end to the temporary administrative set up that lasted for over five years.

Today

As of April 2020, there are 63 churches in the southwest diocese.[8]

Diocesan metropolitan

Assistant metropolitan

List of Diocesan Metropolitan
Name Start End Notes
American Diocese Formed
Thomas Makarios 1979 1991 Founder and first Metropolitan of American Diocese
Mathews Barnabas 1993 2011 Enthroned as the Second metropolitan of the American Diocese. The American Diocese split into the Northeast American Diocese and Southwest American Diocese in 2009
Southwest Diocese Formed
Alexios Eusebius 2009 2017 First Metropolitan of the current Southwest American Diocese. Relinquished duties in 2017.
Zacharias Aprem 2017 2022 Assistant Metropolitan from 20 September 2017 - October 31, 2022[9]
Thomas Ivanios 2022 Present

Parishes

  1. St Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA
  2. St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Spokane, WA
  3. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Phoenix AZ
  4. St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, San Francisco CA
  5. St Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church, Los Angeles CA
  6. St. George Malankara Orthodox Church, Sacramento CA
  7. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Valiyapally, Los Angeles CA
  8. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Congregation Chapel San Diego
  9. St Mary Malankara Orthodox Congregation Las Vegas
  10. St Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Denver CO
  11. St Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Valiyapally, Dallas TX
  12. St Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church, Carrollton, Dallas TX
  13. St Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
  14. St. George Malankara Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
  15. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
  16. St Paul’s Malankara Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
  17. St James Malankara Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
  18. St Ephrem Malankara Orthodox Congregation North Dallas, TX
  19. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Cathedral, Houston TX
  20. St. Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church, Houston TX
  21. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Houston TX
  22. St. Peter's & St. Paul's Malankara Orthodox Church, Houston TX
  23. St. Stephen's Malankara Orthodox Church, Houston TX
  24. St John The Baptist Malankara Orthodox Congregation North Houston, TX
  25. St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Austin TX
  26. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Congregation, McAllen TX
  27. St. George Malankara Orthodox Church, San Antonio TX
  28. St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church, San Antonio, TX
  29. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Lufkin TX
  30. A&M College Station Orthodox Congregation, TX
  31. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Oklahoma City OK
  32. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Congregation, New Orleans LA
  33. St Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Pompano Beach, FL
  34. St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Miami FL
  35. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Miami FL
  36. St. Gregorios Malankara Malankara Orthodox Church, Tampa FL
  37. St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church, Tampa, FL
  38. St. Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church, Orlando FL
  39. St. Paul's Malankara Orthodox Church, Orlando FL
  40. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Jacksonville FL
  41. St. Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Congregation, South West Florida FL
  42. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Atlanta GA
  43. St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church, Atlanta GA
  44. St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Atlanta GA
  45. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Augusta GA
  46. St Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church Charlotte NC
  47. St. Barnabas Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Nashville TN
  48. St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Memphis TN
  49. St Paul’s Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Chattanooga TN
  50. St. George Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Louisville, KY
  51. St Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church, St. Louis MO
  52. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Kansas City MO
  53. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Minneapolis & St. Paul MN
  54. St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Cathedral, Bellwood IL
  55. St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Elmhurst IL
  56. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Chicago IL
  57. St Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church Oak Lawn. IL
  58. St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Detroit MI
  59. St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Detroit MI
  60. St. Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church, Detroit MI
  61. St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Cleveland OH
  62. St Ephrem Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Columbus OH
  63. St Joseph The Just Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Dayton-Cincinnati OH
  64. St. Antony The Abbot’s Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Pittsburg PA
  65. Christ The Good Shepherd Malankara Orthodox Congregation, Houston TX

References

  1. ↑ "His Grace Thomas Mar Ivanios Metropolitan". Archived from the original on 28 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Diocesan Admin". www.ds-wa.org.
  3. ↑ "Home". Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America. Retrieved 1 February 2022. Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Diocese of South-West America, 3101 Hopkins Rd Beasley, TX 77417 - Compare to the Beasley city limits (rotate the map until it points north, and compare with the location of the headquarters) - Also see map from the U.S. Census Bureau. Note that the city of Houston stated in 1996 that: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
  4. ↑ "Parishes." Diocese of South-West America. Retrieved on 27 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "AboutUS". ds-wa.org. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Diocese of South West America |". mosc.in. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Mar Aprem, Zacharias (28 September 2017). "Kalpana No.01/2017" (PDF). DS-WA.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Parishes : Malankara Orthodox Directory". directory.mosc.in. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Metropolitan". ds-wa.org. Retrieved 5 May 2026.

Further reading

  • Shehimo: Book of Common Prayer. (n.d.). (n.p.): Liturgical Resource Development.
  • Konat, J. A. (n.d.). Service Book of the Holy Qurbono: English with Commentary & Malayalam with Transliteration. (n.p.): Malankara Orthodox Church Publications.
  • Y. M. A., Irenaios, Y. M. (2017). A Study of the Experience of the Unspeakable and Its Manifestations in Selected Mystic Saints and Holy Persons in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. India: SFS Publications.
  • The Book of Common Prayer of the Syrian Church. (2005). United States: Gorgias Press.
  • Krikorian, M. K. (2010). Christology of the Oriental Orthodox Churches: Christology in the Tradition of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Austria: Peter Lang.

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