the Missionary Congregation for the Blessed Sacrament (MCBS) 1 January 1944 foundation of Congregation of Sisters of Charity (CSC) at Chollannoor, Thrisur 31 October 1944 foundation of Medical Sisters of St Joseph (MSJ) at Kothamangalam 27 December 1945 Fr. Thomas Panatt (Fr. Basilius CST) founds the priestly wing of the Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (CST) to better realise its aims 28 July 1946 death of Sr. Alphonsa Muttathupadath FCC at Bharanaganam 19 March 1948 foundation of Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth (CSN) at Edakkunnu, Ernakulam 20 April 1948 foundation of Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha (CSM) at Ponnookara, Thrisur 2 April 1949 foundation of Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI) at Cherthala, Alappuzha by Mgr. Joseph K. W. Thomas 25 July 1950 eparchy of Palai5 29 August 1952 death of Sr. Euphrasia CMC 1 December 1953 official visitation of Cardinal Tisserant of the Oriental Churches in India 31 December 1953 Eparchy of Thalaseri6 29 January 1954 Birth of Sr. Rani Maria FCC at Pulluvazhy, Ernakulam. 10 January 1956 death of Archbishop Mar Augustine Kandathil 26 July 1956 Changanaseri made Archiparchy 10 January 1957 Eparchy of Kothamangalam7 1 June 1957 establishment of Dharmaram College, a major seminary by the CMI in Bangalore 1 January 1958 Fr. Placid Podipara made Rector of Malabar College in Rome 25 January 1961 foundation of Congregation of Samaritan Sisters (CSS) at Thrisur 19 December 1961 The Portuguese surrendered to Indian army. Portuguese colonies including Goa were liberated and annexed to Indian Union. 31 March 1962 eparchy of Chanda,8 Maharashtra (CMI) 3 July 1962 establishment of St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam 16 May 1968 foundation of Malabar Missionary Brothers (MMB) 16 July 1968 foundation of the Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle (MST) 29 July 1968 eparchy of Sagar,9 Madhya Pradesh (CMI) 29 July 1968 eparchy of Satna,10 Madhya Pradesh (VC) 29 July 1968 eparchy of Ujjain,11 Madhya Pradesh (MST) 3 July 1969 foundation of Missionary Congregation of the Daughters of St. Thomas (DST) at Aruvithura, Kottayam 23 March 1972 eparchy of Bijnor,12 Uttarakhand (CMI) 23 March 1972 eparchy of Jagdalpur,13 Chattisgargh (CMI) 1 March 1973 eparchy of Mananthavady14 16 October 1973 death of Fr. Augustine Thevarparampil (Kunjachan) 20 March 1974 St Marys Basilica, Ernakulam- first basilica in Syro Malabar church was designated. 20 June 1974 eparchy of Palakkad15 25 February 1977 eparchy of Rajkot16 (CMI) 26 February 1977 eparchy