Diocese of Kannur

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Diocese of Kannur
Basic data
Country India
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Verapoly
Diocesan bishop Alex Joseph Vadakumthala
founding 1998
surface 4,998 km²
Parishes 57 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 2,874,064 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 54,652 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 1.9%
Diocesan priest 54 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 72 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 434
Friars 107 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 544 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Website http://www.kannurdiocese.com

The Diocese of Kannur ( Latin Dioecesis Kannurensis , English Diocese of Kannur ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in India . It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Verapoly .

history

The diocese of Kannur was established on November 5, 1998 from areas of the diocese of Calicut .

Bishops of Kannur

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