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Diocese of

Vijayapuram

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 9,000 km²

Population: 90,255 Catholics (2.2% of 4,100,617 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Verapoly

Neighbouring Dioceses: Alleppey (←), Khammam (↖), Cochin (↖), Verapoly (↖), Coimbatore (↑), Dindigul (↗), Madurai (→), Palayamkottai (↘)

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Patron Saint: Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Theresa of Child Jesus

Statistics: 83 parishes, 2 missions, 178 priests (112 diocesan, 66 religious), 2 deacons, 610 lay religious (134 brothers, 476 sisters), 14 seminarians (2015)

History

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Alleppey (←), Khammam (↖), Cochin (↖), Verapoly (↖), Coimbatore (↑), Dindigul (↗), Madurai (→), Palayamkottai (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.05.08 – ...):Bishop Sebastian Thekethecheril (64)Bishop Sebastian Thekethecheril (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Vijayapuram (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sebastian Thekethecheril (64)Bishop Sebastian Thekethecheril (64)Permalink
(2006.05.08 – ...)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

Glorify God

Born:1954.07.30 (India)
Ordained Priest:1980.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:2006.07.02

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India) (2006.05.08 – ...)

Bishop Peter ThuruthikonamPermalink
(1988.05.05 – 2006.05.08)

Born:1929.08.01 (India)
Ordained Priest:1959.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:1988.08.04
Died:2011.09.05 († 82)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India) (1988.05.05 – 2006.05.08)

Bishop Cornelius Elanjikal (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1971.01.16 – 1987.01.26)

Born:1918.09.08 (India)
Ordained Priest:1945.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:1971.04.04
Died:2011.08.06 († 92)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India) (1971.01.16 – 1987.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India) (1987.01.26 – 1996.06.14)

Bishop John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D.Permalink
(1949.12.25 – 1971.01.16)

Born:1904.09.23 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1927.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1950.06.11
Died:1982.01.10 († 77)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India) (1949.12.25 – 1971.01.16)

Bishop Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E.Permalink
(1938.12.03 – 1951.05.09)

Born:1887.08.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1911.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1939.05.01
Died:1951.05.09 († 63)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India) (1933 – 1937.04.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Vijayapuram (India) (1937.04.13 – 1938.12.03)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India) (1938.12.03 – 1951.05.09)

Bishop-elect Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E.Permalink
(Apostolic Administrator 1937.04.13 – 1938.12.03)

Bishop-elect Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E.Permalink
(1933 – 1937.04.13)

(see above)

Bishop Juan Vicente Arana Idígoras, O.C.D.Permalink
(1931.03.24 – 1946.06.14)

Born:1880.01.22 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1905.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1931.06.29
Died:1958.03.26 († 78)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India) (1931.03.24 – 1946.06.14)

Titular Bishop of Siniandus (1946.06.14 – 1958.03.26)

as of 2019.01.17

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