Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Syro-Malankar (Antiochian)
Type: Diocese
Name: Bathery / Batheri / Battery / Batterien(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Tiruvalla
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Patron Saint: Saint Thomas
Bishop (2010.01.25 – ...): | Bishop Joseph Thomas Konnath (72) Second Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India |
Bishops of Bathery (Syro-Malankar Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Joseph Thomas Konnath (72) Bishop of Bathery of the Syro-Malankars (India)
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Bishop Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil
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Bishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. (later Major Archbishop)
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Area: 67,482 km²
Population: 40,300 Catholics (0.2% of 21,273,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 117 parishes, 5 missions
Personnel: 82 priests (70 diocesan, 12 religious), 300 religious (12 brothers, 288 sisters), 19 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.29
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