2006 Beatification of Sr. Euphrasia CMC at Ollur, Thrissur by Major Archbishop Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil 21 August 2007 Eparchy of Bhadravathi,27 Karnataka (MCBS) 22 July 2008 Christ University – the first University by the Catholic Church in India, established by the CMIs in Bangalore 12 October 2008 Canonization of Sr. Alphonsa (Anna) Muttathupadath FCC in Vatican by Pope Benedict XVI – the first woman Saint from India 6 November 2008 visit of Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches; he visited many eparchies in Kerala and paid respects to St. Alphonsa at her tomb at Bharananganam 24 June 2009 Pope Benedict XVI declares the St. George Churuch at Angamaly a minor Basilica 6 August 2009 Major Archbishop promulgates the Order of Celebrations on Nativity of Our Lord, Ash Day, Osana Sunday, Thursday of Pesha, Friday of Passion, Great Saturday and Great Sunday of Resurrection 14 August 2009 Fr. John Vadakkel CMI, appointed bishop of the Eparchy of Bijnor 23 August 2009 Union Government of India issued coins in honour of St. Alphonsa 6 September 2009 Mar Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly declared Servant of God 18 January 2010 Eparchies of Mandya,28 (Mysoru), Karnataka and Ramanathapuram,29 (Coimbatore), Tamil Nadu 24 May 2011 Mar George Alencherry elected as the third Major Archbishop 6 March 2012 Eparchy of Faridabad (Delhi) erected for Indian states of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, parts of Uttar Pradesh and national capital territory of Delhi. 11 January 2014 Eparchy at Melbourne, Australia erected. 23 November 2014 Canonisation of Blessed Chavara and Blessed Euphrasia 6 August 2015 Apostolic exarchate at Mississauga, Canada. 26 August 2015 Extension of the territory of eparchy of Mandya to Bangalore and certain other parts of Karnataka. 28 July 2016 Erection of eparchy of Great Britain for England, Scotland and Wales. 27 November 2016 Kalloorkad St Marys church, Champakulam was designated as basilica. 10 October 2017 2 New eparchies were erected. Eparchy of Hosur (Mylapore) erected for parts of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Eparchy of Shamshabad (Hyderabad) erected for Indian states of Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan, North Eastern states, parts of 8 other states and 4 union territories of India (including 2 island groups). Extension of the territories of two eparchies: Ramanathapuram (Coimbatore) and Thuckalay (Kanyakumari). 4 November 2017 Beatification of first woman martyr of Syro Malabar church, Sr. Rani Maria in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) Eparchy