Suffragan eparchy Gorakhpur, India
Eparchy of Gorakhpur
Gorakhpuren(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
The Eparchy of Gorakhpur is a Syro-Malabar eparchy in Uttar Pradesh, India, erected on 19 June 1984 and now suffragan of the Archeparchy of Faridabad. Its seat is St Joseph's Cathedral in Gorakhpur.
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- Established
- 1984
- Catholics
- 3,230
- Priests
- 71
- Territory
- 19,070 km²
Parishes and churches
33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- ST JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL PARISHGORAKHPUR · CathedralView parish
- CHRIST THE KING MISSIONNAUTANWAView parish
- DEENBANDHU ASHRAMBELWANIAView parish
- HOLY TRINITY CHURCHCAPTAINGANJView parish
- JYOTI GURUKULWALTERGANJView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER ASHRAMJUNGLE SIKRIView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER ASHRAMSALEMPURView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER MISSIONBANSIView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER MISSIONHARRAIYAView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER MISSIONKALWARIView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER MISSIONMAHARAJGANJView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER MISSION EKLATown not recordedView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER MISSION GIDATown not recordedView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER PROVINCIAL HOUSETown not recordedView parish
- MASIH SEVASHRAM MISSIONNICHLAULView parish
- MOUNT CARMEL CHURCHPADRIBAZARView parish
- NIRMAL ASHRAMMITHAURAView parish
- NIRMAL DHAM ASHRAMSAHAWAView parish
- PRABHU YESU SADAN MISSIONPADRAUNAView parish
- PUSHPASHRAM MISSIONDEORIAView parish
- SANT PUSHPA MISSIONHATAView parish
- SHANTIVAN ASHRAMCAPIERGANJView parish
- ST ANTONY'S CHURCHDHARAMPURView parish
- ST JOSEPH'S MISSIONBARHALGANJView parish
- ST THOMAS MISSIONKHALILABADView parish
- ST. ALPHONSA MISSIONKASIAView parish
- ST. BASIL PARISHBASTIView parish
- ST. JOSEPH’S MISSIONDUMRIKHASView parish
- ST. JOSEPH’S MISSIONGORAKHNATHView parish
- ST. JOSEPH’S MISSION STATIONKHORABARView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Mathew Nellikunnel
- Born
- 13 November 1970
- Birthplace
- Mariapuram
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DI S. TERESA DEL BAMBINO GESÙ
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The cathedral
St Joseph's Cathedral, Gorakhpur stands in Gorakhpur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Belonging to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Eparchy of Gorakhpur is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, erected by Pope John Paul II in 1984 through the Bull "Ex quo Divinum Concilium". Mar Thomas Thuruthimattam was named bishop of Gorakhpur on 15 July 2006; his episcopal consecration and his assumption of office both took place on 1 October 2006.