Diocese of Punalur
Punaluren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Punalur, India
Latin-rite diocese in Kerala, India, erected 21 December 1985 from the Diocese of Quilon by the bull Verba Christi of Pope John Paul II. A suffragan of the Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum, its seat is St. Mary's Cathedral in Punalur, serving about 46,700 Catholics (2004).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 December 1985
- Latin
- Punaluren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Therese of Lisieux
- Annuario code
- 001002682
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 46,708
- Population
- 2,482,100
- Catholic share
- 1.9%
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 472
- Extent
- 5,052 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.2
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
- Selvister Ponnumuthan
- Born
- 10 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Viraly-Utchakkada
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, Punalur stands in Punalur, 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 NeyyattinkaraNeyyattinkara
- Diocese of QuilonQuilon
- Diocese of TrivandrumTrivandrum
- Eparchy of MarthandomMarthandam
- Eparchy of MavelikaraMavelikara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its seat in the city of Punalur, this diocese (Latin: Punaluren(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Trivandrum 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].