Diocese of Punalur
Punaluren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Punalur, India
Latin-rite diocese in Kerala, India, erected 21 December 1985 from the Diocese of Quilon by the bull Verba Christi of Pope John Paul II. A suffragan of the Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum, its seat is St. Mary's Cathedral in Punalur, serving about 46,700 Catholics (2004).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 December 1985
- Latin
- Punaluren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Therese of Lisieux
- Annuario code
- 001002682
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 46,708
- Population
- 2,482,100
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.9%
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 472
- Extent
- 5,052 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.2
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
- Selvister Ponnumuthan
- Born
- 10 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Viraly-Utchakkada
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, Punalur stands in Punalur, 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 Trivandrum
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Trivandrum (Latin).
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlleppeyAlleppey
- Diocese of NeyyattinkaraNeyyattinkara
- Diocese of QuilonQuilon
- Diocese of TrivandrumTrivandrum
- Eparchy of MarthandomMarthandam
- Eparchy of MavelikaraMavelikara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its seat in the city of Punalur, this diocese (Latin: Punaluren(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Trivandrum in India.
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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.