Diocese of Neyyattinkara
Neyyattinkaraën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Neyyattinkara, India
Latin-rite diocese in southern Kerala, India, erected 14 June 1996 from the Diocese of Trivandrum and a suffragan of the Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Neyyattinkara, serving about 128,700 Catholics (2004) in a 1,497 sq km territory.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 June 1996
- Latin
- Neyyattinkaraën(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002383
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 128,730
- Population
- 1,334,865
- Catholic share
- 9.6%
- Priests
- 149
- Catholics per priest
- 864
- Extent
- 1,497 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 86
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
- Vincent Samuel
- Born
- 10 August 1950
- Birthplace
- Ayroor
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 Immaculate Conception, Neyyattinkara stands in Neyyattinkara, 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 Trivandrum
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Trivandrum (Latin).
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlleppeyAlleppey
- Diocese of PunalurPunalur
- Diocese of QuilonQuilon
- Diocese of TrivandrumTrivandrum
- Eparchy of MarthandomMarthandam
- Eparchy of MavelikaraMavelikara
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].