Diocese of Thamarasserry
| Diocese of Thamarasserry | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Tellicherry Archeparchy |
| Diocesan bishop | Remigius Maria Paul Inchananiyil |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Paul Chittilapilly |
| founding | 1986 |
| surface | 5,893 km² |
| Parishes | 127 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 5,749,275 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 124,664 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 2.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 122 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 83 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 608 |
| Friars | 98 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,109 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Syro-Malabar |
| Liturgical language | Malayalam |
| cathedral | Mary Matha Cathedral |
| address | PO Box 1, Tamarachery-673573, Kozhikode Dt., Kerala, India |
The Diocese of Thamarasserry ( Latin Dioecesis Thamarasserrensis ) is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, united with the Roman Catholic Church, with its seat in Thamarasserry in India .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Constat non modo on April 28, 1986 from cession of territory to the Tellicherry eparchy and made it subject to the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly as a suffragan diocese .
On May 18, 1995, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Tellicherry Archeparchy.
Bishops of Thamarasserry
- Sebastian Mankuzhikary (April 28, 1986 - June 11, 1994, died)
- Jacob Thoomkuzhy (May 18, 1995 - November 11, 1996, then Archbishop of Trichur )
- Paul Chittilapilly (November 11, 1996 - January 15, 2010, retired)
- Remigius Maria Inchananiyil Paul , since January 15, 2010