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Diocese of Gorakhpur
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Agra
Statistics
Area	19,070 km (7,360 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2009) 17,200,635 3,230 (0.0%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite	East Syriac Rite
Established	19 June 1984
Cathedral	St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Gorakhpur
Patron saint	Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Mar Raphael Thattil
Bishop	Mathew Nellikunnel
Metropolitan Archbishop	Raphy Manjaly
Bishops emeritus	Dominic Kokkat Thomas Thuruthimattam
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Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur is an 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 Bull "Ex quo Divinum Concilium". 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.

Former bishops

• Dominic Kokkatt
• Thomas Thuruthimattam

References

External links

• Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur Archived 15 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
• Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur at Catholic-Hierarchy

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