Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Vijayapuram / Viiayapuramen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Verapoly
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2006.05.08 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Vijayapuram (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)
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Bishop Peter Thuruthikonam
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Bishop Cornelius Elanjikal (later Archbishop)
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Bishop John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D.
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Bishop Juan Vicente Arana Idígoras, O.C.D.
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Area: 9,000 km²
Population: 93,088 Catholics (1.7% of 5,345,760 total) (2020)
Statistics: 84 parishes, 170 priests (107 diocesan, 63 religious), 557 lay religious (103 brothers, 454 sisters), 17 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
Last updated on 2023.04.13
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