The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church entered a new era with the erection of the Eparchy of Mavelikara. In consultation with the Holy See, the Holy Episcopal Synod of the Malankara Catholic Church proposed Mavelikara — birthplace of Archbishop Mar Ivanios — as the See of the new eparchy.
His Beatitude Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholicos formally declared the new Eparchy on 1 January 2007. The inauguration and installation of the Bishop took place on 16 February 2007 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Punnamoodu, Mavelikara.
The eparchy comprises the Mavelikara and Kollam ecclesiastical districts and parts of Chengannur and Adoor, serving about 25,000 faithful across 96 parishes, with Mary, Mother of God, as patroness.