The title is more powerful as he is the custodian of St. Thomas Church (Palayur), where Christianity came to Indian sub-continent, and have two blessed people, Maria Theresa Chiramel and Euphrasia Eluvathingal in the Archdiocese.
Later in this decade, the archbishop has emerged as an influential pressure group in Kerala politics by deciding seats from Kerala Legislature constituencies to India's upper house, Lok Sabha.
This was the start of the bonding between Indian National Congress and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur.
He even threatened Communist-led Government telling that the Church may re-enact the "Liberation Struggle" of the late 1950s.
In 2009, Indian National Congress forced Metropolitan Archbishop of Thrissur to accept P. C. Chacko as the candidate.