Diocese of Punalur 2023
Topic | Data | ||||||
Territory (Km2)
| 5072 | ||||||
Population
| 4027640 | ||||||
Main language spoken
| Malayalam | ||||||
Catholics
| 29380 | ||||||
Vicariates or Deaneries
| 8 | ||||||
Parishes
| 38 | ||||||
Quasi-parishes (with resident parish priest) | 8 | ||||||
Mission stations (without resident parish priest) | 57 | ||||||
Diocesan Priests
| 64 | ||||||
Religious Priests (pls. give the total) |
41 | ||||||
| Number of Congregations of Pontifical Right
| 13 | |||||
Number of Congregations of Diocesan Right |
1 | ||||||
Seminarians (pls. give the total) |
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| Minor Seminarians
| ? | |||||
Major Seminarians
| 5 | ||||||
Religious Brothers (not priests)
| ? | ||||||
Religious Sisters (pls. give the total)
| 275 | ||||||
| Number of Congregations of Pontifical right | 28 | |||||
Number of Congregations of Diocesan right | 0 | ||||||
Catechists (pls. give the total)
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| Remunerated
| ? | |||||
| Not remunerated or part-time
| 745 | |||||
Schools (pls. give the total for diocesan plus religious) | 44 | ||||||
Diocesan Schools: (pls. give the total ONLY for Diocesan schools)
| 33 | ||||||
| Primary Schools | 19 | |||||
High Schools
| 6 | ||||||
Colleges
| 1 | ||||||
Schools belonging to Religious Congregations (pls. give the total)
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| Primary Schools
| 9 | |||||
High Schools
| 5 | ||||||
Colleges
| 1 | ||||||
Social Institutions (pls. give the total)
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| Hospitals
| 5 | |||||
Medical Centres
| 3 | ||||||
Hostels
| 4 | ||||||
Charitable agencies | 3 | ||||||
Baptisms (per year: January-December)
| 487 | ||||||
Average Sunday Mass attendance
| 70% | ||||||
Marriages (per year: January-December)
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| Marriages between Catholics
| 125 | |||||
Marriages between a Catholic and a Christian non Catholic) | 0 | ||||||
| Marriages between a Catholic and a non-Christian | 0 | |||||