Diocese of Kottapuram

Kottapuramen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kottapuram, India

The Diocese of Kottapuram is a Latin Catholic diocese in Kerala, India, headquartered near the ancient city of Cranganore (Kodungallur). It was erected in 1987 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Verapoly.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 3 July 1987
Latin: Kottapuramen(sis)
Patron: Saint Thomas the Apostle
Annuario code: 001001899

The see in figures

Catholics: 97,000
Population: 3,201,098
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 3.0%
Priests: 169
Catholics per priest: 574
Extent: 3,000 km²
Catholics per km²: 32

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: Ambrose Puthenveettil
Born: 21 August 1967
Birthplace: Palliport

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. Michael's Cathedral, Kodungallur stands in Kottapuram, 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 Verapoly

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Verapoly.

The sees of this province:

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

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Sources

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