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{{short description|Eastern Catholic eparchy in Kerala, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Syro-Malabar Eparchy
| name = Idukki
| local =
| image =Idukki_diocese.png
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| country = {{flag|India}}
| territory =
| metropolitan = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam–Angamaly|Ernakulam–Angamaly]]
| archdeaconries =
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| area_km2 = 3,000
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| population = 760,350
| population_as_of = 2009
| catholics = 261,750
| catholics_percent = 34
| parishes = 151
| churches = 
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| schools = 
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| denomination = [[Catholic Church]]
| sui_iuris_church = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]
| rite = [[East Syriac Rite]]
| established = 15 January 2003
| cathedral = Cathedral of St George in Vazhathoppe[[Idukki district|Idukki]]
| cocathedral =
| patron = [[Mar Sleeva]]
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| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} 
| patriarch =
| major_archbishop = [[Raphael Thattil]]
| bishop = [[John Nellikkunnel]]
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| website = [https://www.idukkidiocese.org/index Website of the Diocese]
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The '''Eparchy of Idukki''' is an [[eparchy]] of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]] in southern [[India]]. It belongs to the [[ecclesiastical province]] of [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly|Eranakulam-Angamaly]]. Its [[cathedral]] church is Saint George's Cathedral Vazhathoppe, [[Idukki township]], [[Kerala]].

== History ==
The creation of the diocese on 15 January 2003, as the twenty-sixth eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, on territory split off from the Diocese of Kothamangalam is contained in an [[Apostolic Constitution]] ''Maturescens catholica fideis'' put forth by Pope [[John Paul II]] in December 2002. It started with 114 parishes and mission stations.

== Statistics ==
{{As of|2015}}, it pastorally served 266,600 Syro-Malabar Catholics (34.0% of 785,000 total; there are also Latin Catholics and Syro-Malankara Catholics in this region, belonging to the Diocese of Vijayapuram viz. Thiruvalla, and Christians of Jacobite and Orthodox Churches besides various Protestant denominations) on 3,000 km<sup>2</sup> in 155 parishes with 573 priests (238 diocesan, 335 religious), 1,306 lay religious (350 brothers, 956 sisters) and 86 seminarians.

== Prelates ==
'''Eparch's of Idukki'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Sl.no
! Name
! Designation
! Year of appointment
! Last year of service
|-
| 1
| align="center" | [[Mathew Anikuzhikattil]]
| align="center" | Bishop
| align="center" | 2003
| align="center" | 2018
|-
| 2
| align="center" | [[John Nellikunnel]]
| align="center" | Bishop
| align="center" | 2018
| align="center" | ''present''
|}
'''Prelates Hailing from the Eparchy'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Sl.no
! Name
! Designation
! Year of appointment
! Last year of service
|-
| 1
| align="center" | [[Joseph Arumachadath, MCBS]]
| align="center" | Bishop - Bhadravathi
| align="center" | 2007
| align="center" | ''present''
|-
| 2
| align="center" | [[Joseph Lukose Thachaparambath, C.M.I]]
| align="center" | Bishop - Adilabad
| align="center" | 2025
| align="center" | ''present''
|-
| 3
| align="center" | [[Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T]]
| align="center" | Bishop - Gorakhpur
| align="center" | 2023
| align="center" | ''present''
|}

== Sources and external links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/iduk0.htm GCatholic, with Google HQ satellite picture - data for all sections]
* [http://www.idukkidiocese.org/ official diocesan website, with map, diocesan chronicle etc.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110411230757/http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/ernakulam.html Archdiocese of Ernakulam]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/diduk.html Catholic-Hierarchy ]

{{Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Hierarchy}}
{{Christianity in Kerala}}

{{coord missing|Kerala}}

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[[Category:2002 establishments in Kerala]]

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