This is a timeline of the history of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India. Ancient Era AD 52 - Arrival of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Muziris (near Kodungalloor) in Thrissur district of Kerala; established churches at Kodungalloor, Palayoor, Paravur (Kottakkavu), Kokkamangalam, Chayal (Nilackel), Niranam and Kollam 3 July 72 Martyrdom of Saint Thomas the Apostle at Chinnamala, Mylapore, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) 105 church at Kuravilangad 250–325 Bishops Mar David and Mar Yohannan ("Metropolitan of India") 325 Mar Yohannan, the Persian presiding over the churches in all Persia and Great India, attended the First Council of Nicaea and signed in the decrees of the council 340–360 by the Thazhekad Sasanam the Nazranies granted special rights and privileges 829 Church of the East Patriarch, Timotheus I sent Bishops Mar Sapore (Kollam) and Mar Proth (Kodungalloor) 849 Ayyanadikal Kurakoni (Iyenadikal Thiruvadikal), King of Venad, granted special privileges to Christians of Kollam 892 Tharisapalli plates 1291 arrival of John of Montecorvino, a member of Societas Peregrinantium Pro Christo, in Kollam 1292 arrival of Venetian traveller Marco Polo in India; he later testified about Christian presence 1301 Mar Jacob (Mar Yaqob of India), 1301 AD) was one of the legendary metropolitan of the Church of Malabar of St Thomas Christians 1323 arrival of French Dominican friar Jordanus Catalani de Severac in Kollam (Quilon) 1324 Jordanus Catalani de Severac wrote Mirabilia Descripta, a rare work on plants, animals and the people of India and of other countries in Asia 9 August 1329 Pope John XXII (in captivity in Avignon) erected Quilon as the first Diocese in the whole of Indies as suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sultany in Persia through the decree Romanus Pontifix 21 August 1329 Pope John XXII by the bull Venerabili Fratri Jordano, appointed the French Dominican friar Jordanus Catalani de Severac as the first Bishop of Quilon 23 March 1346 arrival of John De Marignolli, Legate to China, in Quilon 1490 Two bishops, Mar Yohannan and Mar Thoma, served in India, sent there by the Patriarch of the Church of the East. Portuguese Era 20 May 1498 arrival of Vasco da Gama 1504 Bishop Mar Yacob (Kodungalloor) 6 June 1542 preaching by Francis Xavier 1555 Bishop Mar Joseph took charge 4 February 1557 Pope Paul IV established, by his Bull "Pro Excellento Praeeminentia", Diocese of Cochin 1564 Mar Abraham appointed Archbishop of Angamaly (Pope Pius IV) 29 August 1567 establishment of