Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda
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The Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda is situated in Irinjalakuda
city of Thrissur District
of Kerala
, India
. The Diocese was created by Pope Paul VI
in his Bull
Trichurensis Eparchiae of June 22, 1978. Mar James Pazhayattil was the first Bishop. He was succeeded by Mar Pauly Kannookadan. The diocese is a suffragan diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur.
Irinjalakuda
Irinjalakuda is a municipal town situated in the Thrissur district of Kerala, India. It is famous for the sprawling Koodalmanikyam Temple that has Bharata as the main deity and the St Thomas Cathedral in the heart of the City...
city of Thrissur District
Thrissur district
Thrissur is a revenue district of Kerala situated in the central part of that state. Spanning an area of about 3,032 km2, Thrissur district is home to over 10% of Kerala’s population. Thrissur district was formed on July 1, 1949, with the headquarters at Thrissur City. Thrissur is known as...
of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The Diocese was created by Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI
Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
in his Bull
Papal bull
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Trichurensis Eparchiae of June 22, 1978. Mar James Pazhayattil was the first Bishop. He was succeeded by Mar Pauly Kannookadan. The diocese is a suffragan diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur.