Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon
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.
Diocese of Quilon Dioecesis Quilonensis കൊല്ലം രൂപത | |
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Revised Coat of arms of the Diocese 2020 | |
| 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 | Vincent Machado |
| Episcopal Vicars | Joseph Detto Fernandez |
| Judicial Vicar | Shaji Jerman |
| Bishops emeritus | Stanley Roman |
| Website | |
| quilondiocese.com | |
The history of the Latin Church in Quilon begins with the erection of a diocese on 9 August 1329. This diocese was later suppressed. 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.
As of 18 April 2018, Paul Antony Mullassery is the bishop of the Diocese of Quilon.