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Diocese of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar)

Dioecesis Thuckalayensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
11 November 1996ErectedArcheparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar) (Kanyakumari and Shenkottai) Diocese of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar) (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199920,000109,50018.3%2510355711216045ap2000
200020,1291,220,1291.6%2016365591818245ap2001
200122,0001,272,0001.7%2017375941918447ap2002
200223,6182,015,0001.2%1919386212118748ap2003
200324,1122,016,4941.2%2019396182119050ap2004
200424,4292,022,6751.2%2123445552719250ap2005
200929,1252,058,1801.4%3027575103023351ap2010
201029,6732,071,2581.4%3627634713024555ap2011
201428,4001,915,3261.5%4025654362821559ap2015
201725,0002,010,2001.2%4122633962227358ap2018
202030,5902,081,7001.5%5922813772228057ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 89, Page 745, and Page 746

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