Diocese of Belthangady, India 🇮🇳 (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Name: Belthangady / Belthangadien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tellicherry

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Patron Saint: Saint Thomas

1999.04.24: Established as Diocese of Belthangady / Belthangadien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tellicherry and became suffragan of Tellicherry)

Bishop (2025.08.28 – ...):

Bishop James Patteril, C.M.F. (63)

Bishops of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop James Patteril, C.M.F. (63)
(2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy (74)
(1999.04.24 – 2025.08.28)

Bishop emeritus of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Priest of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1978.12.27 – 1999.04.24)

Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1999.04.24 – 2025.08.28)

Area: 12,543 km²

Population: 22,520 Catholics (0.6% of 4,023,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes

Personnel: 76 priests (48 diocesan, 28 religious), 237 religious (39 brothers, 198 sisters), 17 seminarians

Syro-Malabar Diocese of