Diocese of Kanjirapally, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kanjirapally / Kanirapallen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Changanacherry

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Blessed Virgin Mary

History

1977.02.26: Established as Diocese of Kanjirapally / Kanirapallen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changanacherry and became suffragan of Changanacherry)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.01.15 – ...):

Bishop Jose Pulickal (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Jose Pulickal (60)
(2020.01.15 – ...)

Bishop of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Salt of the earth, light of the world

Born:	1964.03.03 (Inchiyani, India)
Ordained Priest:	1991.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.04

Priest of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1991.01.01 – 2016.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Lares (2016.01.12 – 2020.01.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2016.01.12 – 2020.01.15)

Bishop of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2020.01.15 – ...)

Bishop Mathew Arackal (79)
(2000.12.23 – 2020.01.15)

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

Fullness in life

Born:	1944.12.10 (Erumely, India)
Ordained Priest:	1971.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.02.09

Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1971.03.13 – 2000.12.23)

Bishop of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2000.12.23 – 2020.01.15)

Bishop Mathew Vattackuzhy
(1986.12.20 – 2000.12.23)

Serve in love

Born:	1930.02.20 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1956.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.02.26
Died:	2016.11.22 († 86)

Bishop of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1986.12.20 – 2000.12.23)

Bishop Joseph Powathil (later Archbishop)
(1977.02.26 – 1985.11.05)

Born:	1930.08.14 (Kurumbanadam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1962.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.02.13
Died:	2023.03.18 (Chetipuza, India † 92)

Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1962.10.03 – 1972.01.07)

Titular Bishop of Cesarea Philippi (1972.01.07 – 1977.02.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1972.01.07 – 1977.02.26)

Bishop of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1977.02.26 – 1985.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1985.11.05 – 2007.01.22)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (1994 – 1998)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jose Pulickal (60) (2016.01.12 – 2020.01.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Dominic’s Cathedral, Kanjirapally, Kerala

Changanacherry (←), Palai (↖), Idukki (↗), Thuckalay (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,980 km²

Population: 176,131 Catholics (11.6% of 1,511,970 total)

Pastoral Centres: 148 parishes, 80 missions

Personnel: 819 priests (243 diocesan, 576 religious), 2,417 religious (673 brothers, 1,744 sisters), 69 seminarians

Syro-Malabar Diocese of

Kanjirapally