Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur
Diocese of Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puttur Eparchia Puthurensis | |
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St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Noojibalthila | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Territory | Karnataka |
| Ecclesiastical province | Syro-Malankara Archdiocese of Tiruvalla |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 51,950 km2 (20,060 sq mi) |
| Population |
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| Parishes | 21 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Catholic |
| Rite | Syro-Malankara Rite |
| Established | 25 January 2010 |
| Cathedral | St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Noojibalthila |
| Secular priests | 10 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Geevarghese Mar Makarios |
| Map | |
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur (or - Puttur) (also called Puthur of the Syro-Malankars), the first Syro-Malankara Catholic diocese in India's southern Karnataka, is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla, which depends on the Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, the head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Antiochian Rite Eastern Catholic particular church in Syriac and Malayalam languages), and with it on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Its episcopal see is the St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral at Noojibalthila, in Kerala's Puttur taluk. Its headquarters are Catholic Bishop's House, Parladka, P.O. Puttur, 574203, Karnataka.