Roman Catholic Diocese of Punalur

Diocese of Punalur
Dioecesis Punalurensis
പുനലൂര്

St Mary's Cathedral in Punalur
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical province Trivandrum
Metropolitan Trivandrum
Statistics
Area 5,052 km2 (1,951 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
2,482,100
46,708 (1.9%)
Parishes 37
Information
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral, Punalur
Patron saint St Thérèse of Lisieux
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan
Metropolitan Archbishop Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam
Vicar General Vincent D’Cruz
Episcopal Vicars Johnson Joseph
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Punalur (Latin: Punaluren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Punalur in the Ecclesiastical province of Trivandrum in India.

History

Belgian Carmelite missionaries were the First Fathers of Punalur and of places around Punalur. During the Second World War the First Fathers had to go back, entrusting the church work to the diocesan clergy of Quilon (Kollam).

Punalur was separated from the Diocese of Quilon (Kollam) and created into a separate unit by the Bull “Verba Christi” of Pope John Paul II, issued on 21 December 1985.

Territory

Present Diocese of Punalur extended to the entire civil district of Pathanamthitta, taluks of Kottarakkara, Kunnathur, Mavelikara and several pakuthies of the taluks of Karunagappally and Chengannur.

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