Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Syro-Malabar
Type: Diocese
Name: Belthangady / Belthangadien(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Tellicherry
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Patron Saint: Saint Thomas
Bishop (1999.04.24 – ...): | Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy (73) |
Bishops of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||
Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy (73) Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)
|
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
Last updated on 2024.12.15
© 2024 GCatholic.org