Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Syro-Malabar
Type: Diocese
Name: Gorakhpur / Gorakhpuren(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Agra
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Patron Saint: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Saint Joseph
Bishop (2023.08.26 – ...): | Bishop Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T. (53) |
Bishops of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar Rite) | ||||||||
Bishop Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T. (53) Bishop of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India)
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Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T. (77) Bishop emeritus of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India) Liberated human being is to manifest glory of God
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Bishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T. (92) Bishop emeritus of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India) God is my light and my salvation
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Area: 19,070 km²
Population: 3,338 Catholics (0.2% of 1,834,160 total)
Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes, 8 missions
Personnel: 71 priests (47 diocesan, 24 religious), 318 religious (58 brothers, 260 sisters), 16 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.13
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