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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Calicut <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Calicutensis<br />
|local = കോഴിക്കോട് രൂപത<br />
|country = {{flag|India}}<br />
|metropolitan = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly|Verapoly]] <br />
|province = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly|Verapoly]] <br />
|rite = [[Roman Rite]] <br />
|cathedral = Mother of God Cathedral in [[Kozhikode]] <br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|patron = [[St Francis Xavier]]<br />
|parishes = 41<br />
|area_km2 = 12,505 <br />
|population = 10,061,127<br />
|population_as_of = 2006 <br />
|catholics = 38,092<br />
|catholics_percent= 0.4 <br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|bishop = [[Varghese Chakkalakal]]<br />
|metro_archbishop = [[Joseph Kalathiparambil]]<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|vicar_general = Thomas Panackal<br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
|emeritus_bishops = <br />
|website = [http://www.calicutdiocese.org/index.php Website of the Diocese] <br />
}}<br />
The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut''' ({{lang-la| Calicuten(sis)}}) is a [[suffragan]] [[diocese]] [[Latin rite]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly|Verapoly]] in [[Kerala]] state, southern [[India]], yet it depends on the missionary [[Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]].<br />
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Its [[cathedral]] episcopal see is [[Mother of God]] Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady, in the city of [[Kozhikode]] (Calicut).<br />
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== Statistics ==<br />
As per 2015, it pastorally served 48,250 Catholics (0.6% of 8,059,057 total population) on 8,036&nbsp;km² in 41 parishes and 3 missions with 132 priests (57 diocesan, 75 religious), 837 lay religious (127 brothers, 710 sisters) and 12 seminarians.<br />
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== History ==<br />
* 12 June 1923: Established as Diocese of Calicut on territories split off from the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore]], [[Diocese of Mangalore]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mysore|Diocese of Mysore]]<br />
* On 1949 it gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry{{fact|date=May 2021}}<br />
* Lost territories repeatedly : on 31 December 1953 to establish [[Diocese of Tellicherry]], on 1998.11.05 to establish [[Diocese of Kannur]], on 28 December 2013 to establish [[Diocese of Sultanpet]].<ref>http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.catholica.va%2Fnews_services%2Fbulletin%2Fnews%2F29197.php%3Findex%3D29197%26lang%3Den</ref><ref>http://www.news.va/en/news/other-pontifical-acts-171 {{dead link|date=August 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Episcopal Ordinaries ==<br />
(all [[Latin Rite]])<br />
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;''Suffragan Bishops of Calicut''<br />
* [[Paolo Charles Perini]], [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] (S.J.) (born Italy) (12 June 1923 – death 28 June 1932); previously Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore|Mangalore]] (India) (17 August 1910 – 12 June 1923), remaining [[Apostolic Administrator]] of Mangalore (1923 – 1928)<br />
* Leone Proserpio, S.J. (born Italy) (2 December 1937 – death 8 September 1945)<br />
* Aldus Maria Patroni, S.J. (first native Indian incumbent) (8 April 1948 – retired 7 June 1980), died 1988<br />
* [[Maxwell Valentine Noronha]] (7 June 1980 – retired 19 April 2002), died 2018<br />
* [[Joseph Kalathiparambil]] (19 April 2002 – 22 February 2011); next Secretary (second-in-command) of the [[Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants]] (22 February 2011 – 31 October 2016) and Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly|Verapoly]] (India) (31 October 2016 – ...)<br />
* [[Varghese Chakkalakal]] (15 May 2012 - ...), also Secretary General of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (17 August 2013 – 6 February 2017); previously Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kannur|Kannur]] (India) (5 November 1998 – 15 May 2012), remaining [[Apostolic Administrator]] of Kannur (15 May 2012 – 1 February 2014).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Catholic dioceses in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Sources and External links ==<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cali1.htm GCatholic, with Google satellite HQ picture - data for all sections] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.calicutdiocese.com/ diocesan website]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dclct.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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