The Diocese of Calicut ( la, Dioecesis Calicuten(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese in India. It is a

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in the ecclesiastical province of the

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Archdiocese of Verapoly The Archdiocese of Verapoly (Verapolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church, composed of Latin Catholics of Malabar and headquartered at the city of Cochin, in the south Indian state of Kera ...

but depends on the missionary

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. Its cathedral is Mother of God Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady, in the

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of Kozhikode (Calicut).

Statistics

, it pastorally served 48,250 Catholics (0.6% of 8,059,057 total population) on 8,036 km² in 41 parishes and 3 missions with 132 priests (57 diocesan, 75 religious), 837 lay religious (127 brothers, 710 sisters) and 12 seminarians.

History

* 12 June 1923: Established as Diocese of Calicut on territories split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore, Diocese of Mangalore and Diocese of Mysore * On 1949 it gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry * Lost territories repeatedly : on 31 December 1953 to establish

Diocese of Tellicherry The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thalassery (anglicised - Tellicherry) is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church in Full communion, communion with the See of Rome. The boundaries of the Thalassery ecclesiastical province were extende ...

, on 1998.11.05 to establish

Diocese of Kannur Pope John Paul II created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kannur in the Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly in India by bifurcating the Diocese of Calicut on 9 December 1998. The new Diocese consists of the Latin Catholics of Malabar residing in ...

, on 28 December 2013 to establish

Diocese of Sultanpet Roman Catholic Diocese of Sultanpet ( la, Dioecesis Sultanpetensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese consisting of Palakkad district, Kerala, India erected from the division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore and Roman Catholic Diocese of Cal ...

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Episcopal Ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Calicut'' * Paolo Charles Perini, Jesuits (S.J.) (born Italy) (12 June 1923 – death 28 June 1932); previously Bishop of Mangalore (India) (17 August 1910 – 12 June 1923), remaining Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore (1923 – 1928) * Leone Proserpio, S.J. (born Italy) (2 December 1937 – death 8 September 1945) * Aldus Maria Patroni, S.J. (first native Indian incumbent) (8 April 1948 – retired 7 June 1980), died 1988 * Maxwell Valentine Noronha (7 June 1980 – retired 19 April 2002), died 2018 *

Joseph Kalathiparambil , appointed = 31 October 2016 , term = , term_start = 18 December 2016 , quashed = , term_end = , predecessor = Francis Kallarakal , other_post = , previous_post = , birth_name ...

(19 April 2002 – 22 February 2011); next Secretary (second-in-command) of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants (22 February 2011 – 31 October 2016) and Metropolitan Archbishop of

Verapoly Varappuzha, , (also known by its former name Verapoly) is a northern suburb of the city of Kochi. It is a census town in Paravur Taluk, Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. Situated around 15 km (9 mi) from the city centre ...

(India) (31 October 2016 – ...) *

Varghese Chakkalakal Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal is the current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut. Early life Varghese was born on 7 February 1953 at Malapallipuram, Kerala, India. Education He acquired his Master of Theology from Pontifical Semina ...

(15 May 2012 - ...), also Secretary General of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (17 August 2013 – 6 February 2017); previously Bishop of Kannur (India) (5 November 1998 – 15 May 2012), remaining Apostolic Administrator of Kannur (15 May 2012 – 1 February 2014).

References

Sources and External links

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diocesan website

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History of Kozhikode Religious organizations established in 1923 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Churches in Kozhikode district

Statistics

History

Episcopal Ordinaries

See also

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