Roman Catholic Diocese of Punalur

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Diocese of Punalur

Dioecesis Punalurensis

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St Mary's Cathedral in Punalur
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical province Trivandrum
Metropolitan Trivandrum
Statistics
Area5,052 km2 (1,951 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 2,482,100
  • 46,708 (1.9%)
Parishes41
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum
Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral, Punalur
Patron saint St Thérèse of Lisieux
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan
Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas J. Netto
Vicar GeneralVincent D’Cruz
Episcopal VicarsJohnson Joseph, Jude Thaddeus Ambattur
Website
Website of the Diocese http://www.dioceseofpunalur.com/

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.

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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 taluks of Punalur, Pathanapuram, Kottarakkara, Kunnathur, Mavelikara, Adoor, Konni, Pathanamthitta, Kozhencherry, and several pakuthies of the taluks of Karunagappally, Karthikapally, and Chengannur.

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