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Diocese of Quilon
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The Diocese of Quilon is a Latin Catholic diocese in Kollam, Kerala, regarded as the oldest diocese in India. First erected in 1329 and re-erected in 1886, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Trivandrum.
- Bishop
- Paul Antony Mullassery
- Latin name
- Quilonen(sis)
- Erected
- 1 September 1886
- Cathedral
- Infant Jesus Cathedral, Tangasseri, Kollam
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Trivandrum (Archdiocese of Trivandrum)
- Catholics
- 239,400
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, Tangasseri, P.O., Kollam-691007, Kerala, India
- Telephone
- Tel. [0474]2796.140
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Punalur 38 km
- Mavelikara 38 km
- Pathanamthitta 49 km
- Tiruvalla 56 km
- Diocese of Trivandrum 57 km
- Changanacherry 63 km
Parishes near the see
- St. Mary · Mariapuram <1 km
- Holy Cross · Tangasseri <1 km
- Blessed Virgin Mary · Eruthanagad <1 km
- St. Mary · Edachal 1 km
- St. Antony · Vaddy 1 km
- Sreyas · Pannackalthuruthu 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002703 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08