The Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur (or - Puttur) (also called Puthur of the Syro-Malankars), the first
Syro-Malankara Catholic
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church possessing self-governance under the Code of Cano ...
diocese in India's southern
Karnataka, is a
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
in the
ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan
Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in Tiruvalla, in Kerala, India. Metropolitan Archbishop Aboon Mor Thomas Koorilos currently presides. The seat of the eparchy is at S ...
, which depends on the
Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, the head of the
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church possessing self-governance under the Code of Ca ...
(
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.
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.
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.
He later resigned on January 24, 2017 due to health problems.
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 – ...)
See also
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi
*
Deanery of Belthangady
The Deanery of Belthangady or Belthangady Varado is one of the deaneries which comes under Diocese of Mangalore located at Belthangady, Karnataka, India. This deanery consists 10 parishes and Most Holy Redeemer Church (Belthangady) is the prim ...
*
Christianity in Karnataka
Christianity is a minority religion within Karnataka, a state of India. Mangalorean Catholics are a community of centuries, though there also are Mangalorean Protestants.
Denominations
* Apostolic Church
* Bible Believing Churches in India
...
*
Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in Belthangady, India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was established in 1999 by Pope John Paul II's bull "Cum Ampla". It is a suffragan diocese of the ...
*
Most Holy Redeemer Church, Belthangady
References
Sources and External links
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Eastern Catholic dioceses in India
Christianity in Karnataka
Dioceses established in the 21st century
Christian organizations established in 2010
2010 establishments in Karnataka
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