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CHICAGIENSIS SYRORUM-MALABARENSIUM [http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/la/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_20010216_congregatio-pro-ecclesiis.html '']</ref> is an [[Eastern Catholic]] [[Major Archiepiscopal Church]] based in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is an autonomous (in Latin, ''[[sui iuris]]'') [[particular church]] in [[full communion]] with the [[pope]] and the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], with self-governance under the [[Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches]] (CCEO). The Church is headed by the Metropolitan and Gate of all India [[Major Archbishop]] [[Mar]] [[George Cardinal Alencherry]]. The Syro-Malabar Synod of Bishops canonically convoked and presided over by the Major Archbishop constitutes the supreme authority of the Church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/Synod.php|title=Syro Malabar Church ::Cardinal George Alencherry::Major Archbishop|website=www.syromalabarchurch.in}}</ref> ''Syro-Malabar'' is a [[prefix]] coined from the words [[Syriac language|Syriac]] as the church employs the [[East Syriac Rite]] liturgy, and [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] which is the historical name for modern Kerala. The name has been in usage in official [[Holy See|Vatican]] documents since the nineteenth century.<ref>St. Raphael Syro Malabar Catholic Mission of Cleveland (2014)[http://www.syromalabarccc.org/index_files/SyroMalabarHistoryPg1.htm '']</ref>