Diocese of Thuckalay
| Diocese of Thuckalay | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Changanacherry Archepark |
| Diocesan bishop | George Rajendran Kuttinadar SDS |
| founding | 1996 |
| surface | 1,794 km² |
| Parishes | 50 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 2,022,675 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 24,429 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 1.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 23 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 555 |
| Friars | 27 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 192 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Syro-Malabar |
| Liturgical language | Malayalam |
| Website | http://www.dioceseofthuckalay.org/ |
The Diocese of Thuckalay ( Latin : Dioecesis Thuckalayensis ) is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, united with the Roman Catholic Church, with its seat in Thuckalay in India . It includes the district Kanyakumari , and the taluk of the district Tirunelveli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Apud Indorum Gentes on November 11, 1996 from cessions of territory from the Archeparchy of Changanacherry , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Thuckalay
- George Alencherry , 1996–2011, then Grand Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly
- George Rajendran Kuttinadar SDS , since 2012