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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kuzhithurai is a diocese located in Tamil Nadu. It was erected on 22 December 2014 by Pope Francis with territory taken from the Diocese of Kottar. He appointed Fr. Jerome Dhas Varuvel as the first bishop of the diocese.〔http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/12/22/0981/02121.html〕〔http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/12/22/pope_creates_diocese_of_kuzhithurai_in_india/1115705〕 Bifurcation of the diocese of Kottar had been a long-standing demand of the people of the region. 100 Parishes from Thiruthuvapuram and Mulagumoodu vicariates of Kottar diocese were put under the administrative control of Kuzhithurai diocese.〔http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/kottar-diocese-bifurcated/article6717881.ece〕 Prior to this bifurcation, Kottar diocese had been one of the largest in India with over 500000 Catholics.〔http://donboscoindia.com/english/bis/default_ms.php?newsid=7357〕 ==Churches== *KARENKADU (1778) : Church of St. Aloysius Gonzaga *MULAGUMOODU (1860) : Church of Our Lady of Nativity *MANKUZHY (1906) : Church of St. Francis Xavier *MATHIRAVILAI (1906) : Church of Our Lady of Assumption *PUTHENKADAI (1908) : Church of St. James *MULLANGANAVILAI (1912) : Church of St.Antony *MANALIKARAI (1913) : Church of St. Joseph *MADATHATTUVLIAI (1918) : Church of St. Sebastian *PUTHUKADAI (1920) : Church of Our Lady of Assumption *THIRITHUVAPURAM (1920) : Church of the Most Holy Trinity *VAVARAI (1924) : Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel *CHERUVALLOOR (1930) : Church of St. Michael Archangel *KULASEKHARAM (1931) : Church of St. Augustine *PALLIYADY (1931) : Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus *PACKIAPURAM (1936) : Church of St. Eusthachius *SILUVAIPURAM (1936) : Church of St.John of the Cross *CHEMPARUTHIVILAI (1939) : Church of St. Antony of Padua *KANDANVILAI (1944) : Church of St.Therese of Child Jesus *VENCODE (1949) : Church of St. Francis Xavier *KADAYAL (1952) : Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus *KALKURICHY (1954) : Church of St.Joseph *KAPPUKAD (1955) : Church of St.Antony *POOTTETTY (1956) : Church of St. Antony of Pauda *AMSI (1958) : Church of the Imm. Heart of Mary *PACODE (1959) : Church of the Sacred Heart 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Diocese of Kuzhithurai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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