Diocese of Kottapuram
Kottapuramen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kottapuram, India
The Diocese of Kottapuram is a Latin Catholic diocese in Kerala, India, headquartered near the ancient city of Cranganore (Kodungallur). It was erected in 1987 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Verapoly.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1987
- Latin
- Kottapuramen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Thomas the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001899
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 97,000
- Population
- 3,201,098
- Catholic share
- 3.0%
- Priests
- 169
- Catholics per priest
- 574
- Extent
- 3,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 32
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
- Ambrose Puthenveettil
- Born
- 21 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Palliport
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. Michael's Cathedral, Kodungallur stands in Kottapuram, 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 Verapoly
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Verapoly.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CochinCochin
- Archdiocese of VerapolyVerapoly
- Diocese of VijayapuramVijayapuram
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].