Diocese of Jullundur
Iullunduren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jullundur, India
Latin-rite diocese covering Punjab, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Delhi. Established 17 January 1952 as an Apostolic Prefecture from the Diocese of Lahore and promoted to a diocese on 6 December 1971. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral in Jalandhar.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 December 1971
- Latin
- Iullunduren(sis)
- Patron
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; St Francis of Assisi
- Annuario code
- 001001765
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 113,259
- Population
- 19,296,682
- Catholic share
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 192
- Catholics per priest
- 590
- Extent
- 51,120 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel
- Born
- 24 December 1962
- Birthplace
- Kalaketty
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral, Jalandhar stands in Jullundur, 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.
The province of Delhi
A suffragan of Delhi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DelhiDelhi
- Diocese of Jammu-SrinagarJammu-Srinagar
- Diocese of Simla and ChandigarhChandigarh
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Catholic diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Jalandhar / Jullundur (Latin: Iullunduren(sis)) is seated in the city of Jalandhar within the ecclesiastical province of Delhi in India.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].