Metropolitan Tellicherry Rite Syro-Malabar Rite Area 12,543 km² Patron saint Thomas the Apostle Established 24 April 1999 | Parishes 52 Schools 11 Parish 52 | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2012)3,816,29530,000 (0.8%) Ecclesiastical province | ||
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in Belthangady, India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was established in 1999 by Pope John Paul II's Bull "Cum Ampla". It is a suffragan diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry. Bishop of this diocese is Mar Lawrence Mukkuzhy.
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