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Suffragan diocese Punalur, India

Diocese of Punalur

Punaluren(sis)

Latin Church

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).

On the map

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The address the register holds for St. Mary's Cathedral, Punalur, in Punalur, India.

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Established
1985
Catholics
46,708
Priests
99
Territory
5,052 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Selvister Ponnumuthan
Born
10 August 1956
Birthplace
Viraly-Utchakkada

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The cathedral

St. Mary's Cathedral, Punalur stands in Punalur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

With its seat in the city of Punalur, this diocese (Latin: Punaluren(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Trivandrum in India.

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