Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur
Diocese of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puttur Eparchia Puthurensis | |
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 St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Noojibalthila | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Territory | Karnataka |
| Ecclesiastical province | Syro-Malankara Archdiocese of Tiruvalla |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 51,950 km2 (20,060 sq mi) |
| Population - Catholics | 2270 |
| Parishes | 21 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Catholic |
| Rite | Syro-Malankara Rite |
| Established | 25 January 2010 |
| Cathedral | St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Noojibalthila |
| Secular priests | 10 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Geevarghese Mar Makarios |
| Map | |
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The Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur (or - Puttur) (also called Puthur of the Syro-Malankars), the first Syro-Malankara Catholic diocese in India's southern Karnataka, is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla, which depends on the Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, the head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Antiochian Rite Eastern Catholic particular church in Syriac and Malayalam languages), and with it on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Its episcopal see is the St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral at Noojibalthila, in Kerala's Puttur taluk. Its headquarters are Catholic Bishop's House, Parladka, P.O. Puttur, 574203, Karnataka.[1]
Statistics
[edit]As per 2015, it pastorally served 2,800 Catholics in 25 parishes with 25 priests (17 diocesan, 8 religious), 33 lay religious (8 brothers, 25 sisters), 6 seminarians.[1] The diocese has 22 churches under it spread across the civil districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Hassan, Chikmagalur, Mandya, Mysore, Shimoga and Chamarajanagar. There are 36 educational and 4 charitable institutions.
History
[edit]It was established on 25 January 2010 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Puthur / Puttur / Latin adjective Puthuren(sis), on territory split off from the (northern parts of the) territory of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery, whose Bishop Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil was appointed as its first ordinary.[1] He later resigned on January 24, 2017 due to health problems. [2]
Episcopal Ordinaries
[edit](all native Indians and Syro-Malankar Rite)
- Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Puthur
- Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil (2010.01.25 – retired 2017.01.24), died 2018; previously Eparch (Bishop) of mother see Bathery of the Syro-Malankars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2010.01.25)
- George Kalayil (2017.08.05 – ...)
See also
[edit]- Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi
- Deanery of Belthangady
- Christianity in Karnataka
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady
- Most Holy Redeemer Church, Belthangady
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Eparchy of Puthur, India (Syro-Malankar Rite)".
- ^ "Resignation of Bishop of Puttur | UCAN India". Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
Sources and External links
[edit]- GCatholic, with Google HQ satellite pic
- forums.catholic.com Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- www.hindu.com
- www.muvattupuzhadiocese.com Archived 21 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church hierarchy | |
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| Major Archeparchy | |
| Metropolitan Archeparchies | |
| Suffragan Eparchies |
/ Under Tiruvalla : Eparchy of Bathery |
| Eparchies immediately subject to the Major Archbishop | |
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