Diocese of Quilon, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Quilon / Quilonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Trivandrum

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1329.08.09: Established as Diocese of Quilon / Columbum / Kollam / Quilonen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Soltania)
1450: Suppressed
1845.05.12: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Quilon / Quilonen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly)
1886.09.01: Promoted as Diocese of Quilon / Quilonen(sis) (Latin)
1887.06.07: Became suffragan of Verapoly
1930.05.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kottar
1937.07.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Trivandrum
1955.04.29: Lost territory to Diocese of Changanacherry
1985.12.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Punalur
2004.06.03: Became suffragan of Trivandrum

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.04.18 – ...):

Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Quilon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery (64)
(2018.04.18 – ...)

Bishop of Quilon (India)

Born:	1960.01.15 (Kaithakody, India)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.06.03

Priest of Quilon (India) (1984.12.22 – 2018.04.18)

Bishop of Quilon (India) (2018.04.18 – ...)

Bishop Stanley Roman (83)
(2001.10.16 – 2018.04.18)

Bishop emeritus of Quilon (India)

All for the goodness of God

Born:	1941.06.04 (Punalur, India)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.12.16

Priest of Quilon (India) (1966.12.16 – 2001.10.16)

Bishop of Quilon (India) (2001.10.16 – 2018.04.18)

Bishop Joseph Gabriel Fernandez
(1978.01.30 – 2001.10.16)

Quæ semper ad verbum Dei

Born:	1925.09.16 (Maruthurkulangara, India)
Ordained Priest:	1949.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.05.14
Died:	2023.03.04 (Kollam, India † 97)

Priest of Quilon (India) (1949.03.19 – 1978.01.30)

Bishop of Quilon (India) (1978.01.30 – 2001.10.16)

Bishop Jerome M. Fernandez
(1937.09.25 – 1978.01.30)

Born:	1901.09.08 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1928.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.12.12
Died:	1992.02.26 († 90)

Bishop of Quilon (India) (1937.09.25 – 1978.01.30)

Bishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D.
(1936.02.10 – 1937.07.01)

Born:	1880.02.12 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1905.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.05.17
Died:	1973.12.31 († 93)

Bishop of Quilon (India) (1936.02.10 – 1937.07.01)

Bishop of Trivandrum (India) (1937.07.01 – 1966.10.01)

Titular Bishop of Ibora (1966.10.24 – 1973.12.31)

Bishop Luis María Benziger, O.C.D.
(1905.08.16 – 1931.07.23)

Born:	1864.01.31
Ordained Priest:	1888.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.11.18
Died:	1942.08.17 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Tabæ (1900.07.17 – 1905.08.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Quilon (India) (1900.07.17 – 1905.08.16)

Bishop of Quilon (India) (1905.08.16 – 1931.07.23)

Titular Bishop of Antinoë (1931.07.23 – 1942.08.17)

Bishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D.
(1886.09.01 – 1905.08.16)

Born:	1843.08.31 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1866.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.09.23
Died:	1905.08.16 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis (1883.04.03 – 1886.09.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1883.04.03 – 1886.09.01)

Bishop of Quilon (India) (1886.09.01 – 1905.08.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Quilon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D.
(1883.04.03 – 1886.09.01)

(see above)

Bishop Ildefonso Giovanni Battista Borgna, O.C.D. (later Archbishop)
(1871.05.24 – 1883)

Born:	1817.05.25 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.08.20
Died:	1894.12.04 († 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1871.05.24 – 1883)

Titular Bishop of Amyzon (1871.05.24 – 1886.12.14)

Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1886.12.14 – 1894.12.04)

Bishop Ephrem-Edouard-Lucien-Théoponte Garrelon, O. Carm.
(1868.06.20 – 1870.06.03)

Born:	1827.11.18 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.11.08
Died:	1873.04.11 († 45)

Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1868.06.20 – 1870.06.03)

Titular Bishop of Nemesi (1868.07.24 – 1873.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1870.06.03 – 1873.04.11)

Bishop Carlo Giacinto Valerga, O.C.D.
(1859.06.20 – 1864.12.24)

Born:	1818.07.09 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1859.06.05
Died:	1864.12.24 († 46)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1854.05.31 – 1859.06.20)

Titular Bishop of Myriophytos (1859.05.24 – 1864.12.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1859.06.20 – 1864.12.24)

Bishop Carlo Giacinto Valerga, O.C.D.
(1854.05.31 – 1859.06.20)

(see above)

Fr. Bernardino di Sant’Agnese, O.C.D.
(1853.03.15 – 1853.03 not possessed)

Died:

1853.03

Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1853.03.15 – 1853.03 not possessed)

Bishop Bernardine of St. Teresa Baccenelli, O.C.D. (later Archbishop)
(1847.01.26 – 1853.03.15)

Born:	1807.03.15 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1847.05.23
Died:	1868.09.05 († 61)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1847.01.26 – 1853.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Heraclea pontica (1847.01.26 – 1859.05.24)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly (India) (1853.03.15 – 1855.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly (India) (1855.11.10 – 1868.09.05)

Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus (1859.05.24 – 1868.09.05)

Bishops of Quilon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jordanus Catalani de Séverac, O.P.
(1329.08.21 – 1330)

Born:	(France)
Died:	1330

Bishop of Quilon (India) (1329.08.21 – 1330)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Luis María Benziger, O.C.D. (1900.07.17 – 1905.08.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Infant Jesus, Kollam, Kerala
Former Cathedral: Former Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Pullichira, Kerala

Alleppey (↑), Punalur (→), Trivandrum (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,950 km²

Population: 240,511 Catholics (8.8% of 2,745,480 total)

Pastoral Centres: 74 parishes, 27 missions

Personnel: 161 priests (88 diocesan, 73 religious), 571 religious (91 brothers, 480 sisters), 31 seminarians