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Suffragan diocese Jullundur, India

Diocese of Jullundur

Iullunduren(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St Mary's Cathedral, Jalandhar, in Jullundur, India.

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Established
1952
Catholics
113,259
Priests
192
Territory
51,120 km²

Parishes and churches

156 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel
Born
24 December 1962
Birthplace
Kalaketty

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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.

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.