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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Syro-Malabar Catholic territory in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox diocese<br />
| jurisdiction = Eparchy <br />
| name = Gorakhpur <br />
| local =<br />
| image =Gorakhpur_diocese.png <br />
| image_size = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
<!---- Locations ----><br />
| country = {{flag|India}}<br />
| territory = <br />
| province = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Faridabad|Archeparchy of Faridabad]]<br />
| metropolitan = <br />
| archdeaconries = <br />
| deaneries = <br />
| subdivisions = <br />
| coordinates = <!-- Use {{coord}} --><br />
<!---- Statistics ----><br />
| area_km2 = 19,070 <br />
| area_sqmi = <!-- Area in square miles, automatically converted --><br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| population = 17,200,635<br />
| population_as_of = 2009<br />
| catholics = 3,230<br />
| catholics_percent = 0.0<br />
| parishes = <!-- Number of parishes in the diocese --><br />
| churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --><br />
| congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --><br />
| schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --><br />
| members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese --><br />
<!---- Information ----><br />
| denomination = [[Catholic Church]]<br />
| sui_iuris_church = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]] <br />
| rite = [[East Syriac Rite]]<br />
| established = 19 June 1984<br />
| cathedral = St. Joseph’s Cathedral in [[Gorakhpur]]<br />
| cocathedral = <br />
| patron = [[Saint Thérèse of Lisieux]]<br />[[Saint Joseph]]{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}<br />
| patron_title = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" --><br />
| priests = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese --><br />
<!---- Current leadership ----><br />
| pope = Mar {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change --><br />
| patriarch = <br />
| major_archbishop = Mar [[Raphael Thattil]]<br />
| bishop = Mar [[Mathew Nellikunnel]]<br />
| bishop_title = <!-- Type of ordinary: i.e. Bishop or Archbishop. Default is Bishop --><br />
| metro_archbishop = Mar [[Kuriakose Bharanikulangara]]<br />
| coadjutor = <br />
| suffragans = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one --><br />
| auxiliary_bishops = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) --><br />
| apostolic_admin = <br />
| vicar_general = <br />
| episcopal_vicar =<br />
| archdeacons = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one--><br />
| emeritus_bishops = Thomas Thuruthimattam<br />
<!---- Map ----><br />
| map = Map of Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur.png<br />
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<!---- Website ----><br />
| website = [https://www.gorakhpurdiocese.in/ Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
The '''Eparchy of Gorakhpur''' is an [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] eparchy in [[India]], belonging to the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]. The eparchy was erected by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1984 through the [[Papal bull|Bull]] "Ex quo Divinum Concilium".<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur |url=https://www.gorakhpurdiocese.in/about-us |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.gorakhpurdiocese.in}}</ref> Mar Thomas Thuruthimattam was appointed bishop of Gorakhpur on 15 July 2006. He received his episcopal consecration on 1 October 2006 and assumed office on the same day.<br />
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==Former bishops==<br />
* [[Dominic Kokkatt]]<br />
* [[Thomas Thuruthimattam]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.thesyromalabarchurch.org/gorakhpur.htm Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015143506/http://www.thesyromalabarchurch.org/gorakhpur.htm |date=15 October 2006 }}<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgosm.html Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur] at [[Catholic-Hierarchy]]<br />
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