Diocese of Irinjalakuda
Diocese of Irinjalakuda | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
Country | India |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Trichur |
Diocesan bishop | Pauly Kannookadan |
founding | 1978 |
surface | 1,180 km² |
Parishes | 129 (2009) |
Residents | 1,275,343 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 262,982 (2009) |
proportion of | 20.6% |
Diocesan priest | 198 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 64 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1.004 |
Friars | 124 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 2,398 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Syro-Malabar |
Liturgical language | Malayalam |
cathedral | St. Thomas Cathedral |
address | Catholic Bishop's House, PO Box 59, Irinjalakuda 680121, Kerala, India |
Website | www.irinjalakudadiocese.com |
The diocese of Irinjalakuda ( Latin Dioecesis Irinialakudensis ) is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, united with the Roman Catholic Church, with its seat in Irinjalakuda in India . It covers part of the Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Trichuriensis eparchiae on June 22, 1978 from cession of territory of the Eparchy Trichur ; it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly as a suffragan diocese.
On May 18, 1995 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archeparchy of Trichur.
Bishops of Irinjalakuda
- James Pazhayattil (June 22, 1978 - January 15, 2010, retired)
- Pauly Kannookadan (since January 15, 2010)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Irinjalakuda on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the diocese of Irinjalakuda on gcatholic.org (English)