Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur

Diocese of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puttur
Eparchia Puthurensis
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 Gheevarghese Mar Makkarious

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

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

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

(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 – ...)

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/puth0.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.ucanindia.in/news/resignation-of-bishop-of-puttur/33923/daily

Coordinates: 12°46′N 75°13′E / 12.767°N 75.217°E / 12.767; 75.217

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