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{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Alleppey
|latin = {{lang|la|Dioecesis Alleppeyensis}}
|local = {{lang|ml|ആലപ്പുഴ രൂപത}}
|image = Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral.jpg
|country = {{flag|India}}
|province = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]]
|metropolitan = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]]
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]
|cathedral = Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in [[Alappuzha]]
|patron = Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Joseph the Worker
|cocathedral =
|established = {{start-date|19 June 1952}}
|area_km2 = 333
|population = 805,000
|population_as_of = 2015
|catholics = 163,076
|catholics_percent= 20.3
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop = James Raphel Anamparambil
|metro_archbishop = [[Soosa Pakiam|Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam]]
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
|priests = 133
|parishes = 66
|headquarters = Alappuzha
|denomination = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
|website = {{URL|dioceseofalleppey.com}}
}}

The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Alleppey''' ({{lang-la| Alleppeyen(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] centered on the city of [[Alleppey]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]] in India. It lies along the Arabian Sea between the dioceses of [[Diocese of Cochin|Cochin]] and [[Diocese of Quilon|Quilon]], covering an area of 333 square kilometers.

==History==
The Diocese of Alleppey was erected by the 1952 Papal Bull "Ea Redemptoris Verba" of Pope Pius XII that divided the northern territory of the old Cochin Diocese at the Kuthiathodu Canal Line. The territory to the north of that line now belongs to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin|Cochin Diocese]] and the territory to the south to the Diocese of Alleppey. The executorial Decree of 8 September 1952 assigned to the Diocese of Alleppey and Cochin respectively a supplementary personal jurisdiction over certain parishes in the territory of the other. This Decree was approved by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on 24 September 1952 and became effective on 11 October 1952.

The boundaries are defined as: to the north, the Kuthiathodu Canal Line; to the south, a straight line from the curve of the [[Pamba River|Pampa River]] at Viyapuram to the Arabian Sea through Thottappally; to the east, a line along the middle of the [[Vembanadu Lake]] continued to the south of the [[Pallathuruthy]] Canal to Viyapuram; to the west, the [[Arabian Sea]].

The area assigned to the Diocese comprises roughly the area of the Jesuit Mission of St. Andre of Muteret. The Jesuit started mission work among the St Thomas Christian in this area about 1570. One of the most influential [[Jesuit missionaries]] who worked in this area was Fr. [[Giacomo Fenicio]], an Italian who was Vicar of [[St. Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal|St Andrew’s Church]] at [[Arthunkal]], from 1584 to 1602 and again from 1619 until his death in 1632. He was a pioneer in [[Indology]].

A century of intense mission work of the Jesuits increased the size of Christian community from [[Cochin]] to [[Purakkad]] and built several churches, notable among them being [[St. Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal|St. Andrew’s Arthukal]] (1581). St. Michael’s Kattor(1590), St. Thomas Thumpoly (1600) and St. George’s Manakodam (1640). A few other churches built during this period were destroyed by wars or by sea erosion.

After the Schism of the Coonan Cross, the St. Thomas Christians of the Mission of St. Andre were reconciled to Rome by Msgr. Giuseppe Sebastiani during his second tour of Malabar in 1662.

Even after the capture of Cochin by the Dutch, the Jesuits continued to look after the Christians of this area until the middle of the 18th century. The Mission was then taken over by the Carmelite Missionaries and remained under the Vicariate of Verapoly until the restoration of the old Cochin diocese in 1886.

In 1570 [[Jesuit]] missionaries started to work in the area. Five churches were built:
*Holy Cross [[Purakkad]] (1570)
*St. Andrew's church [[Arthunkal]] (1581)
*St. Michael's church Kattor (1590)
*Holy Cross [[Kadakkarappally]] (1620)
*St. George Manakodam (1640 - rebuilt).

On 19 June 1952 the Diocese of Alleppey was created by a division of the [[Diocese of Cochin]]

==Bishops ==
There have been four [[Latin Rite]] [[bishop]]s of Alleppey:
* Bishop [[Michael Arattukulam]] (1952 – 1984)
* Bishop [[Peter Michael Chenaparampil]] (1984 – 2001)
* Bishop Stephen Athipozhiyil (2001 – 2019)
*Bishop James Raphel Anamparambil (2019 – Present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramanews.com/nattuvartha/central/2019/10/12/alappuzha-methran-james-anaparambil.html|title=ആലപ്പുഴ രൂപതയ്ക്ക് പുതിയ മെത്രാൻ; ഡോ.ജയിംസ് ആനാപറമ്പിൽ ചുമതലയേറ്റു|website=www.manoramanews.com|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>

== Institutions ==
St Antony’s Orphanage, founded by the Diocese of Alappuzha, is located opposite the Mount Carmel Cathedral, [[Alappuzha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://orphanageoffset.bizhat.com/index.html|title=St Antonys Orphanage|access-date=|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=}}</ref> More than ten thousands of alumni's are working in different parts of the world from this organization which was firmly established by [[Servant of God]] [[Reynolds Purackal|Mgr. Reynolds Purackal]] and Former Bishop [[Michael Arattukulam]].<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/A-boost-for-industrial-sector-in-Alappuzha/article15294185.ece</ref><ref>http://wikimapia.org/178650/St-Antonys-Orphanage</ref>

==Saints and causes for canonisation==
* Ven. [[Fernanda Riva]]<ref name="CCBI">{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|accessdate=Oct 17, 2019}}</ref>
* Servant of God Sebastian Lawrence Casimir Presentation Valiyathayil<ref name="CCBI" />
* Servant of God Reynolds Purackal<ref name="CCBI" />

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.dioceseofalleppey.com/}}
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/alle1.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dallp.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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