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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- 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.
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVappalaView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchVenmonyView parish
- St. Jude’s ChurchKoodalMass times recorded
- St. Luke’s ChurchKaipuzhaView parish
- St. Mark’s ChurchUmmannoorMass times recorded
- St. Mary’s ChurchEaramView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchAchankovilView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchChammathumukkuView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchCharummoodMass times recorded
- St. Mary’s ChurchCherupoikaView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKottathalaView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchKulathupuzhaMass times recorded
- St. Mary’s ChurchManjanikaraView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchPallarimangalamView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchPanampatta (Q.P)Mass times recorded
- St. Mary’s ChurchPattazhiView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchVilloor (Q.P)View parish
- St. Mathew’s ChurchPadamView parish
- St. Paul’s ChurchNaranganamView parish
- St. Paul’s ChurchAmbanaduView parish
- St. Paul’s ChurchKottaView parish
- St. Rita’s ChurchValakomView parish
- St. Sebastian’s ChurchAylaraView parish
- St. Sebastian’s ChurchAnayadiView parish
- St. Sebastian’s ChurchPulimelMass times recorded
- St. Sebastin’s ChurchAranmulaMass times recorded
- St. Teresa of Avila ChurchChittarView parish
- St. Theresa’s ChurchKunnikodeMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchPottamelkadavView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchNarikkalView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Selvister Ponnumuthan
- Born
- 10 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Viraly-Utchakkada
Explore the ministry of 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.
History
With its seat in the city of Punalur, this diocese (Latin: Punaluren(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Trivandrum in India.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- One Day Training program for the Laity Ministry
- A New Dawn of Sacred Leadership in Punalur
- Archbishop John Rodrigues visits Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan
Filed by our own wire from published sources. Read the wire.