The inception of the Syro Malabar Church in Ireland began with the migration of its faithful to Ireland mainly from various districts of Kerala, India since the beginning of the year 2000. Initially, there were very few families and later due to the economic growth of Ireland during the period of 2002-2006, the demands for highly qualified health care professionals were at the peak. The majority of the health care professionals recruited at that time were from Kerala which increased the number of Syro-Malabar Catholic families by the year 2005.During the period 2000-2005, the spiritual needs of the Syro Malabar faithful in Ireland were met by the Catholic priests who came from Kerala to study.Acknowledging the religious needs of the Syro- Malabar faithful (to hand over the glorious heritage of St Thomas Christians to our children in this foreign country) Archbishop Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin of the Archdiocese of Dublin, welcomed the request of His Beatitude (late) Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil (Major Archbishop) to appoint 2 chaplains for the pastoral care of the Syro-Malabar faithful. That was the beginning of the Syro- Malabar Mission in Ireland.

Considering the sizeable number of Syro-Malabar faithful communities residing in the Island of Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland), the Syro-Malabar Bishops’ Synod proposed to have a National Coordinator for the Syro-Malabar faithful in Ireland.

Accordingly, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ireland, appointed a National Coordinator for the Syro-Malabar Faithful in Ireland on 17th December 2013. An Apostolic Visitator was also appointed on 1 November 2016.