Rite East Syrian Rite Area 19,070 km² Major archbishop George Alencherry | Established 19 June 1984 | |
Sui iuris church Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2009); 17,200,635; 3,230 (0.0%) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra Patron saints Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint Joseph | ||
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was erected by Pope John Paul II in 1984 through the Bull "Ex quo Divinum Concilium". Mar Thomas Thuruthimattam, CST was appointed bishop of Gorakhpur on July 15, 2006. He was ordained bishop on October 1, 2006 and assumed office on the same day.
Former bishops
Mar Dominic Kokkatt
References
Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA