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Diocese of Calicut

Dioecesis Calicutensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Varghese Chakkalakal, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 June 1923
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Verapoly
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 8,036 (3,103 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.calicutdiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Malaparamba, Kozhikode-673009, Kerala, India
  • Telephone: (0495)237.03.13

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 June 1923ErectedDiocese of Coimbatore (Shoranur and Mannarghat (in Wollawanad))
Diocese of Mangalore (North-Malabar)
Diocese of Mysore (Winad)
Diocese of Calicut (erected)
19 September 1953Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Calicut (from Bombay)
31 December 1953Territory LostDiocese of Calicut Eparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar) (erected)
5 November 1998Territory LostDiocese of Calicut (Kannur and Kasaragode) Diocese of Kannur (erected)
28 December 2013Territory LostDiocese of Calicut (5 parishes)
Diocese of Coimbatore (22 parishes)
Diocese of Sultanpet (erected) (Palakkad)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195051,7983,550,0001.5%3551866026725135ap1951
195926,3363,700,000.7%3634703765935415ap1960
197028,0884,887,974.6%50511012787249715ap1971
198044,2696,526,000.7%55621173789088815ap1981
199051,3209,444,000.5%6763130394981,11817ap1991
199928,9907,565,397.4%4947963018766923ap2000
200023,0358,770,634.3%4644902558368050ap2001
200123,5268,770,634.3%4653992379269250ap2002
200224,7788,770,634.3%4848962588769043ap2003
200330,9098,826,998.4%4453973189269746ap2004
200435,1238,831,557.4%456010533410170946ap2005
200638,09210,061,127.4%43681113439272641ap2007
201339,1738,910,418.4%526111334613765239ap2014
201648,2508,059,057.6%577513236512771041ap2017
201943,5008,059,554.5%579515228614571041ap2020
202143,8758,064,735.5%669616227014571041ap2022
202347,0509,164,058.5%637513834019579053ap2024

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 19, Page 395, and Page 396
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87

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