Comprises all the churches of the Syrian Rite of Malabar between the Chalakudy River and the Vempanad Lake, and includes in its territory the native states of Travancore and Cochin in British Cochin; area, 2,450 square miles. The archdiocese of Ernakulam, India was established on December 21, 1923 from the Vicariate Apostolic of Ernakulam; suffragan sees, Changanacherry, Kottayam, and Trichur. Saint Thomas the Apostle brought Christianity to the people of Malabar in the 1century. Name changed to the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly on December 16, 1992. See also: