Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay

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Diocese of Tuckalay
Dioecesis Thuckalayensis
Location
Country India
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Changanacherry
Statistics
Area 1,794 km2 (693 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
2,022,675
24,429 (1.2%)
Information
Rite Syro-Malabarese
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar, SDB

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay is a Roman Catholic diocese in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was founded on November 11, 1996.

Mar George Alencherry, the first bishop of Thuckalay

Ordinaries [edit]

  • George Alencherry (1996 - 2011; became Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly)
  • George Rajendram Kuttinadar, S.D.B. (2012 - present)

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