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Diocese of Jullundur

Iullunduren(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jullundur, India

Latin-rite diocese covering Punjab, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Delhi. Established 17 January 1952 as an Apostolic Prefecture from the Diocese of Lahore and promoted to a diocese on 6 December 1971. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral in Jalandhar.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
6 December 1971
Latin
Iullunduren(sis)
Patron
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; St Francis of Assisi
Annuario code
001001765

The see in figures

Catholics
113,259
Population
19,296,682
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.6%
Priests
192
Catholics per priest
590
Extent
51,120 km²
Catholics per km²
2.2

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel
Born
24 December 1962
Birthplace
Kalaketty

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

St Mary's Cathedral, Jalandhar stands in Jullundur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Delhi

A suffragan of Delhi.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A Latin Catholic diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Jalandhar / Jullundur (Latin: Iullunduren(sis)) is seated in the city of Jalandhar within the ecclesiastical province of Delhi in India.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.