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Diocese of Kannur

Kannuren(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kannur, India

The Diocese of Kannur is a Latin Catholic diocese in Kerala, India, serving the Kannur and Kasaragod districts. It was established in 1998 from the Diocese of Calicut, to which it is suffragan.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
5 November 1998
Latin
Kannuren(sis)
Patron
Nossa Senhora das Graças
Annuario code
001001802

The see in figures

Catholics
48,899
Population
2,734,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
1.8%
Priests
157
Catholics per priest
311
Extent
4,988 km²
Catholics per km²
9.8

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
Alex Joseph Vadakumthala
Born
14 June 1959
Birthplace
Maradu-Panangad

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

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Kannur stands in Kannur, 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 Calicut

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calicut.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.