Diocese of Calicut
| Diocese of Calicut | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Verapoly |
| Diocesan bishop | Varghese Chakkalakal |
| founding | 1923 |
| surface | 8,036 km² |
| Parishes | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 8,059,057 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 48,250 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 57 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 75 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 366 |
| Friars | 127 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 710 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Our Lady Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.calicutdiocese.org/index.php |
The Diocese of Calicut ( Latin Dioecesis Calicutensis , English Diocese of Calicut ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in India . It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Verapoly .
history
The diocese of Calicut was established on June 12, 1923 from areas of the dioceses of Coimbatore , Mangalore and Mysore . The first bishop was the Jesuit Paolo Charles Perini . On December 31, 1953, it ceded areas to the newly established Tellicherry ( Syro-Malabar ) eparchy . The next assignments of territory took place in November 1998, when the diocese of Kannur was established, and on December 28, 2013 to establish the diocese of Sultanpet .
Bishops of Calicut
- Paolo Charles Perini SJ (1923-1932)
- Leone Proserpio SJ (1937-1945)
- Aldo Maria Patroni SJ (1948–1980)
- Maxwell Valentine Noronha (1980-2002)
- Joseph Kalathiparambil (2002–2011)
- Varghese Chakkalakal (since 2012)