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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Punalur <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Punalurensis <br />
|local = പുനലൂർ രൂപത<br />
|image = St Mary's Cathedral Punalur.jpg<br />
|image_size = 220px<br />
|caption = St Mary's Cathedral in [[Punalur]]<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|province = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]] <br />
|metropolitan = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]] <br />
|denomination = [[Roman Catholic]] <br />
|sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]<br />
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]<br />
|cathedral = [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Punalur]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|parishes = 41<br />
|patron = [[St Thérèse of Lisieux]]<br />
|area_km2 = 5,052 <br />
|population = 2,482,100 <br />
|population_as_of = 2004 <br />
|catholics = 46,708 <br />
|catholics_percent= 1.9 <br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|bishop = [[Selvister Ponnumuthan]] <br />
|metro_archbishop = [[Thomas J. Netto]]<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|vicar_general = Vincent D’Cruz<br />
|episcopal_vicar = Johnson Joseph, Jude Thaddeus Ambattur<br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
|website = [http://www.dioceseofpunalur.com/ Website of the Diocese] <br />
http://www.dioceseofpunalur.com/<br />
|archdiocese=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum]]}}<br />
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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Punalur''' ({{langx|la| Punaluren(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Punalur]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]] in India.<br />
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==History==<br />
* December 21, 1985: Established as Diocese of Punalur from the [[Diocese of Quilon]]<br />
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Belgian Carmelite missionaries were the First Fathers of Punalur and of places around Punalur. During the Second World War the First Fathers had to go back, entrusting the church work to the diocesan clergy of Quilon ([[Kollam]]).<br />
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Punalur was separated from the [[Diocese of Quilon]] (Kollam) and created into a separate unit by the Bull “Verba Christi” of [[Pope John Paul II]], issued on 21 December 1985.<br />
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==Territory==<br />
Present Diocese of Punalur extended to the entire taluks of [[Punalur]], [[Pathanapuram]], [[Kottarakkara]], [[Kunnathur (Kerala)|Kunnathur]], [[Mavelikkara|Mavelikara]], [[Adoor]], [[Konni, Kerala|Konni]], [[Pathanamthitta]], [[Kozhencherry]], and several pakuthies of the taluks of [[Karunagappally]], [[Karthikapally]], and [[Chengannur]].<br />
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==Leadership==<br />
* [[Bishop]]s of Punalur ([[Latin Church|Roman Church]])<br />
** Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan (May 8, 2009 – present)<br />
** Bishop Joseph Kariyil (March 12, 2005 – May 8, 2009)<br />
** Bishop [[Mathias Kappil]] (December 21, 1985 – March 12, 2005)<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/puna0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpnlr.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]<br />
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1985]]<br />
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[[Category:Dioceses in Kerala]]<br />
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