‘God gave the growth’: Mar Srampickal on 10 years of Britain’s Syro-Malabar eparchy

“The Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain ... can play a significant role in the revival of the Catholic Church.”

Ten years ago this week, Pope Francis created a diocese for Syro-Malabar Catholics in Great Britain.

Mar Joseph Srampickal, Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain. Credit: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

On July 28, 2016, the Argentine pope named Fr. Joseph Srampickal as the first bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain, based in Preston, a…