Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut

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History

• 12 June 1923: Established as Diocese of Calicut on territories split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore, Diocese of Mangalore and Diocese of Mysore
• On 1949 it gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry
• Lost territories repeatedly : on 1953.12.31 to establish Diocese of Tellicherry, on 1998.11.05 to establish Diocese of Kannur, on 2013.12.28 to establish Diocese of Sultanpet.

  Episcopal Ordinaries

• Paolo Charles Perini, Jesuits ; previously Bishop of Mangalore , remaining Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore
• Leone Proserpio, S.J.
• Aldus Maria Patroni, S.J. , died 1988
• Maxwell Valentine Noronha, died 2018
• Joseph Kalathiparambil ; next Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants and Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly
• Varghese Chakkalakal, also Secretary General of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India ; previously Bishop of Kannur , remaining Apostolic Administrator of Kannur.