From Vicariates to Hierarchy : A History of the Syro-Malabar Church from the Appointment of the Native Bishops Till the Erection of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy(1896-1923) / Rappai Ambadan.

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GENERAL SITUATION OF THE MALABAR CHRISTIANS BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NATIVE BISHOPS......................... 2 TOWARDS A PERMANENT SOLUTION: THE ERECTION OF THREE SYRO-MALABAR VICARIATES WITH NATIVE BISHOPS........... 29 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VICARIATE OF TRISSUR General Situation of the Vicariate of Trissur..........................................................37 Msgr. John Menachery: the First Native Vicar Apostolic of Trissur.................40 Administration of the Vicariate ...............................................................................43 Menachery`s Attention to the Welfare of the Vicariate......................................45 Our Lady of Lourdes Church Case........................................................................47 Dispute over Melarcode Church: A Question of Jurisdiction over the Syrian Settlers outside Malabar......................................................49 Religious Congregations.........................................................................................55 Promotion of Popular Devotions among the People...........................................63 Appointment of Native Bishops and the Conversion of the Mellusian Schismatics.........................................................................................65 TABLE OF CONTENTS V In the Field of Education.......................................................................................71 Priestly Formation...................................................................................................73 Liturgical Endeavor................................................................................................ 74 Relation with the Chaldean Patriarch..................................................................76 Complaint against Msgr. Menachery..................................................................79 Question of a Coadjutor to Msgr. Menachery................................................... 82 Fr. Antony Pudussery as the Apostolic Administrator......................................85 Nomination of Msgr. Vazhapilly as Successor to Msgr. Menachery..............92 Erection of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy and the Diocese of Trissur..............98 VICARIATE OF CHANGANASSERY: A TEST CASE FOR THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH General Background of the Vicariate of Changanassery.................................... 102 Nomination of Msgr. Makil as the Vicar Apostolic of Changanassery............. 104 Propagation of Faith in the Vicariate..................................................................... 108 Education as the Means of Progress...................................................................... 109 Conversion of Schismatics...................................................................................... 110 Promotion of Popular Devotions............................................................................ 113 The Franciscan Clarist Congregation.................................................................... 113 Division between the Northist and the Southist Communities and the Erection of the Vicariate of Kottayam........................................... 116 Msgr. Thomas Kurialassery the New Vicar Apostolic......................................... 150 Attempt towards Reform of the Vicariate............................................................ 152 Reunion Attempts................................................................................................... 154 New Direction in the Field of Education............................................................. 155 The Congregation of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament...... 157 Attempt of the Foundation of a Seminary Proper to the Syrians..................... 160 Erection of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy and Elevation of the Vicariate of Changanassery as a Diocese............................................