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Diocese of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar)

Dioecesis Irinialakudensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Pauly Kannookadan, Bishop

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 June 1978ErectedEparchy of Trichur (Syro-Malabar) (Cranganore;, a large part of Makundapur; and small portions of Parur and Alwaye) Diocese of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar) (erected)
18 May 1995Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar) (from Ernakulam)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1980195,639100451451,349631,046107ap1981
1990214,967998,29421.5%121571781,207861,338103ap1991
1999241,6071,125,00021.5%146471931,251591,621121ap2000
2000252,8631,125,50022.5%148471951,296591,621122ap2001
2001260,6071,225,00021.3%150471971,322592,210126ap2002
2002275,0001,236,20022.2%150471971,395612,300127ap2003
2003285,0001,263,20022.6%153492021,410682,255126ap2004
2004256,6831,282,00020.0%157492061,246732,275126ap2005
2006258,1011,287,88020.0%168492171,189802,340128ap2007
2009262,9821,339,00019.6%185492341,1231062,379129ap2010
20131,275,343.0%1986426201242,398ap2014*
2016269,8671,326,00020.4%209923018961681,917134ap2017
2019266,1451,367,27019.5%2121163288111891,908135ap2020
2021289,0001,396,00020.7%2201323528212051,990137ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 447, and Page 448
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 984, and Page 985

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