Diocese of Kothamangalam
| Diocese of Kothamangalam | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly |
| Diocesan bishop | George Madathikandathil |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | George Punnakottil |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 4,840 km² |
| Parishes | 112 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 702.300 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 206.270 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 29.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 176 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 86 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 787 |
| Friars | 171 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 2,070 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Syro-Malabar |
| Liturgical language | Malayalam |
| cathedral | St George's Cathedral |
| address | PO Box 6, Kothamangalam 686691, Kerala, India |
| Website | www.kothamangalamdiocese.org |
The diocese of Kothamangalam ( Latin Dioecesis Kothamangalamensis , Malayalam കോതമംഗലം രൂപത Kēātamaṅgalaṁ Rūpata ) is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church with its seat in Kothamangalam in India, united with the Roman Catholic Church .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Qui in Beati Petri on July 29, 1956 from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
On January 15, 2003, it lost part of its territory to the Idukki Eparchy .
Bishops of Kothamangalam
- Matthew Pothanamuzhi (July 29, 1956 - February 26, 1977)
- George Punnakottil (February 26, 1977 - January 10, 2013)
- George Madathikandathil (since January 10, 2013)