Back Bistum Quilon German Diócesis de Quilon Spanish Keuskupan Quilon ID Diocesi di Quilon Italian Kabiskopan Quilon JV കൊല്ലം റോമൻ കത്തോലിക്കാ രൂപത Malayalam Bisdom Quilon Dutch Diecezja Quilon Polish Diocese de Quilon Portuguese Епархия Квилона Russian
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Diocese of Quilon Dioecesis Quilonensis കൊല്ലം രൂപത | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Trivandrum |
| Headquarters | Bishop's House, Tangasseri, Kollam |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,950 km2 (750 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 5,309,000 239,400 (4.5%) |
| Parishes | 105 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 9 August 1329 (historical) 15 March 1853 (present diocese) |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum |
| Cathedral | Infant Jesus Cathedral, Tangasseri, Kollam |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Secular priests | 129 |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Paul Antony Mullassery |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas J. Netto |
| Vicar General | Baiju Julian Joseph Sugun Leon(Addl) |
| Episcopal Vicars | Joseph Detto Fernandez |
| Judicial Vicar | Christopher Henry |
| Bishops emeritus | Stanley Roman |
| Website | |
| quilondiocese.com | |
The Diocese of Quilon is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church based in the southern Indian city of Kollam. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trivandrum. The Diocese of Quilon covers an area of 1,950 km2 (753 square miles) that contains a population of some 4.8 million. At least 4.8% of the people in the area are Catholic.
The history of the Latin Church in Quilon begins with the erection of a diocese on 9 August 1329.[1] This diocese was later suppressed.[2] The present day Diocese of Quilon was established as a apostolic vicariate on 15 March 1853 by bifurcating the Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly. It was elevated as a diocese on 1 September 1886.[3]
As of 18 April 2018[update], Paul Antony Mullassery is the bishop of the Diocese of Quilon.[4][5]
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- ^ "Kollam (Quilon, Columbum) (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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- ^ "Paul Antony is new Kollam Bishop". The Hindu. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Paul Antony mullassery appointed kollam bishop". Deccan Chronicle. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.