From the Knanaya Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam alone we have about 2500 families consist of over 10,000 members living in North America. The Knanaya Catholic Community has at present Ten Missions in USA as part of St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago, such as Philadelphia, Houston, San Jose, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and four in Greater New York. A Knanaya Region is formed on April 30th 2006 and Mar Jacob Angadiath appointed Rev. Fr. Abraham Mutholath, the Vicar general, as a Regional Director of all Knanaya Catholic faithful under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Syro Malabar Diocese.

Los Angeles Knanaya Syro-Malabar Mission comprises of all Knanaya Catholics living in Southern California. With the canonical permission from his Excellency Mar Jacob Angadiath, the Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago, we started the formal Mission activities on March 17, 2002 for this newly erected St. Pius X Knanaya Catholic Mission, Los Angeles.

We acknowledge the great services rendered by the spiritual directors Rev.Fr. Abraham Mutholath and Rev. Fr. Thomas Animoottil, who served this mission. We are also grateful to Rev. Fr. Baby Kattiyankel for the services during his stay in Los Angeles. Presently Fr. Thomas Mulavanal is serving as director of Los Angeles Knanaya Syro-Malabar Mission.