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The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is a Major Archiepiscopal Church in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, headquartered in Ernakulam, Kerala, India. Following the East Syrian Rite liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari, it dates back to 3rd century Edessa.
As one of 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches, it is the second-largest Eastern Catholic Church after the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Led by Major Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil, it has around 4.6 million members, known as Mar Thoma Nasranis or Syrian Catholics. The Church traces its roots to Saint Thomas the Apostle and honors Saint Alphonsa as its first canonized saint.
