Diocese of Kannur
Kannuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kannur, India
The Diocese of Kannur is a Latin Catholic diocese in Kerala, India, serving the Kannur and Kasaragod districts. It was established in 1998 from the Diocese of Calicut, to which it is suffragan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 November 1998
- Latin
- Kannuren(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora das Graças
- Annuario code
- 001001802
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 48,899
- Population
- 2,734,000
- Catholic share
- 1.8%
- Priests
- 157
- Catholics per priest
- 311
- Extent
- 4,988 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.8
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
- Alex Joseph Vadakumthala
- Born
- 14 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Maradu-Panangad
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
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Kannur stands in Kannur, 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 Calicut
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calicut.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalicutCalicut
- Diocese of SultanpetSultanpet
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].