Diocese of Vijayapuram
Viiayapuramen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vijayapuram, India
The Diocese of Vijayapuram is a Latin Catholic diocese headquartered in Kottayam, Kerala, India, covering parts of Kottayam, Idukki, and neighboring districts. It was established in 1930 from the Archdiocese of Verapoly, to which it is suffragan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 July 1930
- Latin
- Viiayapuramen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000103
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 79,021
- Population
- 3,864,879
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.0%
- Priests
- 184
- Catholics per priest
- 429
- Extent
- 9,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.8
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
- Sebastian Thekethecheril
- Born
- 30 July 1954
- Birthplace
- Aapadanad
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
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Kottayam stands in Vijayapuram, 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:
- Diocese of CochinCochin
- Diocese of KottapuramKottapuram
- Archdiocese of VerapolyVerapoly
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kottayam is the see city of this diocese (Latin: Viiayapuramen(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Verapoly 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.