Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur

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.

Diocese of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puttur

Eparchia Puthurensis
Location
CountryIndia
TerritoryKarnataka
Ecclesiastical provinceSyro-Malankara Archdiocese of Tiruvalla
Statistics
Area51,950 km2 (20,060 sq mi)
Population
- Catholics
2270
Parishes21
Information
DenominationEastern Catholic
RiteSyro-Malankara Rite
Established25 January 2010
CathedralSt. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Noojibalthila
Secular priests10
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGheevarghese Mar Makkarious

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

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