Diocese of Kalyan, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Name: Kalyan / Callianen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bombay

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Patron Saint: Saint Thomas

1988.04.30: Established as Diocese of Kalyan / Callianen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Poona and became suffragan of Bombay)

Bishop (1996.11.11 – ...):

Bishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S. (74)

Bishops of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S. (74)
(1996.11.11 – ...)

Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – ...)

Bishop Paul Chittilapilly
(1988.04.30 – 1996.11.11)

Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1988.04.30 – 1996.11.11)

Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2010.01.18)

Population: 65,499 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 100 parishes, 25 missions

Personnel: 196 priests (75 diocesan, 121 religious), 497 religious (141 brothers, 356 sisters), 30 seminarians

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