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{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Cochin
|latin = Dioecesis Coccinensis
|local = കൊച്ചി രൂപത
|image = Kathedralbasilika_Santa_Cruz_2018-04-04a.jpg
|caption = [[Santa Cruz Basilica]]

|country = {{Flagicon|India}}, [[India]]
|coordinates ={{Coord|9.964774|76.242738}}
|metropolitan = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly|Verapoly]]
|province = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly|Verapoly]]
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]
|cathedral = [[Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica]] in [[Fort Cochin]]
|cocathedral =
|established = 4 February 1557
|area_km2 = 235
|population = 562,746<ref name=CathHierCochin />
|population_as_of = 2006
|catholics = 160,812<ref name=CathHierCochin />
|catholics_percent= 28.6
| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} 
|bishop = [[Joseph Kariyil]]
|metro_archbishop = [[Joseph Kalathiparambil]]
|emeritus_bishops = John Thattumkal <small>Bishop Emeritus (2000-2009)</small>
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=


| map =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =

| website = [http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/ Website of the Diocese]
}}

The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin''' ({{lang-la| Dioecesis Coccinensis}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Cochin]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly|Verapoly]] in India.

The territory of the diocese of Cochin covers 235 square kilometers in the state of [[Kerala]]. It is situated between the [[Arabian Sea]] in the west, the [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly|Archdiocese of Verapoly]] in the north and in the east, and the [[Diocese of Alleppey]] in the south.

The Diocese's [[Cathedral church]] and thus, seat of its [[Bishop of Cochin|Bishop]], is [[Santa Cruz Basilica]], [[Fort Cochin]]. The current [[Bishop]] of [[Bishop of Cochin|Cochin]] is Bishop [[Joseph Kariyil]], appointed by Pope [[Benedict XVI]] on 8 May 2009.

==Historical Summary==
The Diocese of Cochin, now diminutive in size due to successive bifurcations in the course of time, once used to be the Mother Diocese of many a bishopric in the Sub-continent. The erstwhile Mother Diocese extended in the west coast from [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]], down south to [[Cape Comorin]] (the present [[Kanya Kumari]] and still further down, [[Ceylon]] ( now, [[Sri Lanka]] ) and stretched along the east coast all the way up, encompassing [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]] and beyond [[Burma]] ( now, [[Myanmar]] ) and still further east to [[Hong Kong]], [[Malacca]] and [[Macau]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
! From
! To
|-
| 4 February 1557
| Erected
| [[Archdiocese of Goa]]<ref name=JJ>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06602a.htm Archdiocese of Goa - suffragan sees of Cochin and Malacca]</ref>
| [http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Cochin Diocese of Cochin]<ref name=CathHierCochin>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcchn.html www.catholic-hierarchy.org | Diocese of Cochin]</ref><ref name=AR>[http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Cochin Diocese of Cochin erected | Original Catholic Encyclopedia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127005217/http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Cochin |date=2015-11-27 }}</ref><ref name=GCathCochin>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/coch1.htm www.gcatholic.org | Diocese of Cochin]</ref> was erected as a [[suffragan diocese]] (other being [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Malacca-Johor|Diocese of Malacca]]) to the [[Archdiocese of Goa]]<ref name="JJ"/>

|-
| 1599
| No Territory Lost
| Diocese of Cochin
| Archdiocese of Angamalé (erected)(Later name changed to
[[Archdiocese of Cranganore]] and suppressed to
[[Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly]])
|-
| 9 January 1606
| Territory Lost
| Diocese of Cochin
| [[Dioceses of Saint Thomas of Mylapore]] (Tamil Nadu)
|-
| 1606
| Territory Lost
| Diocese of Cochin
| as Mission "sui iuris" of Madura (Tamil Nadu)
|-
| 1659
| Territory Lost
| Diocese of Cochin
| Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar (erected) (Later name
changed to [[Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly]])
|-
| 3 Dec 1834
| Territory Lost
| Diocese of Cochin
| Vicariate Apostolic of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
|-
| 19 June 1952
| Territory Lost
| Diocese of Cochin
| [[Diocese of Alleppey]] (erected)
|}

==Brief history==
The history of the Diocese of Cochin<ref name=CD1>[http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/ Official Diocese of Cochin website]</ref><ref name=CD2>[http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-ia_cochin.php Diocesan directory | www.ucanews.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926225112/http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-ia_cochin.php |date=2011-09-26 }}</ref> begins with the arrival of the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Missionary|Missionaries]] in India. These [[New Apostles|neo-apostles]] reached Kappad near Kozhikode on 20 May 1498, along with [[Vasco da Gama|Vasco Da Gama]].

A second expedition under [[Pedro Álvares Cabral|Captain Álvares Cabral]], comprising 13 ships and 18 priests, anchored at Cochin on 26 Nov. 1500. Cabral soon won the goodwill of the Raja of Cochin. He allowed four priests to do apostolic work among the early Christian communities, [[Saint Thomas Christians|St. Thomas Christians]] scattered in and around Cochin. Thus Portuguese missionaries established a Portuguese Mission in 1500.

During the reign of the Catholic emperor of Portugal [[John III of Portugal|John III]], more [[Franciscans|Franciscan friars]] and priests reached Goa. Along with them a highly trained team of [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit missionaries]] led by [[Francis Xavier|Father Francis Xavier]] reached Cochin. Later, he requested the help of Jesuit General [[Ignatius of Loyola|St. Ignatius]] and the emperor for more missionaries from [[Portugal]]. [[Francis Xavier]] visited Cochin several times and stayed more than 120 days. He used to offer mass at St. Antony's Church. This church is still at Cochin, known as Lenthapally (Dutch church). At present this church is under the department of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] as an historical monument.

[[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]], [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]], [[Augustinians]] and [[Carmelites]] followed them. At the arrival of the Portuguese, local converts in Cochin area joined the Roman Latin rite thus the Latin Community was formed.

A monastery of the Franciscans, "Santo Antonino", was established in Cochin in 1518 and two others of the Jesuits in 1550 and 1561. In 1553 the Dominicans founded their college and monastery in Cochin.

The whole of the east was under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Lisbon. On 12 June 1514, Cochin and Goa became two prominent mission stations under the newly created Funchal diocese in Madeira. Pope Paul III by the Bull Quequem Reputamus raised Funchal as an archdiocese and Goa as its suffragan, deputing the whole of India under the diocese of Goa.

When the diocese of Goa was established in 1534, Cochin became part of the new diocese.

The diocese of Cochin was erected on Febr. 4, 1557 by Pope Paul IV in his Decree Pro Excellenti Praeeminentia. The Pope also declared the magnificent Portuguese Church of Santa Cruz as the Cathedral of the new diocese. At that time, Cochin was the second diocese in India and had the jurisdiction over the whole of South, East India, Burma and Ceylon.

The first bishop of Cochin was a Dominican priest Dom George Temudo (1557-1567).

In 1663 the Dutch conquered Cochin and destroyed all the catholic churches and institutions except the Cathedral and the church of St. Francis Assisi. During the British conquest of Cochin, the cathedral was destroyed.

The diocese of Cochin stood witness to many important historical events including the [[Synod of Diamper]] which was held on 10 June 1599 in the East Syrian Archdiocese of Angamaly and India, conducted by the Archbishop, Alexis De Menezes of Goa.

Since 1646, the administration of the diocese was difficult. It was often affected by the conquests of Cochin by the Dutch. Bishops who were consecrated as the bishops of the diocese could not reach here. As a result, fractions, rebellions and schisms erupted in the diocese. In order to bring the dissidents back to the mother church, Holy See sent Carmelite Missionaries. Thus was established the Vicariate of Malabar in 1657. In 1709 it was changed into the Vicariate of Verapoly. In 1838 the diocese of Cochin was annexed to the Vicariate of Verapoly. From 1838 and 1886, the diocese of Cochin was governed by the Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly.

On 23 June 1886, Pope Leo XIII promulgated the famous Concordat called Humane Salutis Auctor by which the Diocese of Cochin was restored to its original condition and placed again as a suffragan under the Diocese of Goa. Simultaneously, the Vicariate of Verapoly was raised to archdiocese and the Diocese of Quilon was erected as its suffragan.

After the reorganization in 1886, five Portuguese bishops ruled the diocese. In 1950 the diocese was handed over to the native clergy. Dr. Alexander Edezhath (1951-1975) was the first Indian bishop. He was succeeded by Bishop Joseph Kureethara (1975-1999). After his demise, in 2000 Bishop John Thattumkal was appointed as the bishop of the diocese and he was suspended from his responsibilities over a scandal. Bishop Joseph Kariyil was appointed as the new bishop of Cochin on 8 May 2009 and was installed as the bishop of Cochin on 5 July 2009

==Ordinaries==

*[[Jorge Temudo]], [[Order of Preachers|O.P.]] (4 Feb 1558 – 13 Jan 1567), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archbishop of Goa]]
*Henrique de Távora e Brito, [[Order of Preachers|O.P.]] (13 Jan 1567 – 29 Jan 1577), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archbishop of Goa]]
*Mateus de Medina, [[O. Carm.]] (29 Jan 1577 – 19 Feb 1588), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archbishop of Goa]]
*Andrés de Santa Maria, O.F.M. (1588 - 1615), Resigned
*Sebastião de São Pedro, O.S.A. (16 Feb 1615 – 7 Oct 1624), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archbishop of Goa]]
*Luis de Brito de Menezes, O.S.A. (27 May 1627 – 29 Jul 1629), Died
*Miguel Da Cruz Rangel, [[Order of Preachers|O.P.]] (10 Nov 1631 – 14 Sep 1646), Died
*Pedro da Silva, O.S.A. (8 Jan 1689 – 15 Mar 1691) Died
*Pedro Pacheco, [[Order of Preachers|O.P.]] (4 Jan 1694 - Sep 1714) Died
*Francisco de Vasconcellos, S.J. (12 Feb 1721 – 30 Mar 1743) Died
*Clemente José Colaço Leitão, S.J. (8 Mar 1745 – 31 Jan 1771) Died[[:de:Clemens Joseph Colaco Leitao|Clemens Joseph Colaco Leitao]]
*Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. (20 Jul 1778 – 18 Jul 1783), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archbishop of Goa]]
*Josephus Marques da Silva, O.C.D. (18 Jul 1783 - )
*Tomas Manoel de Noronha e Brito, [[Order of Preachers|O.P.]] (17 Dec 1819 – 23 Jun 1828), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife|Bishop of Olinda]]
*João Gomes Ferreira (14 Mar 1887 – 4 May 1897) Died
*Matheus de Oliveira Xavier (11 Oct 1897 – 26 Feb 1909), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archbishop of Goa]]
*José Bento Martins Ribeiro (28 Feb 1909 – 21 May 1931) Died
*Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves (4 Dec 1933 – 8 Dec 1938), appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança-Miranda|Bishop of Bragança e Miranda]]
*José Vieira Alvernaz (13 Aug 1941 – 23 Dec 1950), appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa e Damão|Coadjutor Archbishop of Goa e Damão]]
*Alexander Edezhath (19 Jun 1952 – 29 Aug 1975) Resigned
*Joseph Kureethara (29 Aug 1975 – 6 Jan 1999) Died
*John Thattumkal, S.S.C. (10 May 2000 – 8 May 2009) Resigned
*[[Joseph Kariyil]] (8 May 2009 - )

==Churches==

Of the thirty one<ref name=DCP1>[http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/pages/parishes1.php www.dioceseofcochin.org | List of Parishes - 1st District] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905212609/http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/pages/parishes1.php |date=2011-09-05 }}</ref><ref name=DCP2>[http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/pages/parishes2.php www.dioceseofcochin.org | List of Parishes - 2nd District]</ref><ref name=DCP3>[http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/pages/parishes3.php www.dioceseofcochin.org | List of Parishes - 3rd District]</ref><ref name=DCP4>[http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/pages/parishes4.php www.dioceseofcochin.org | List of Parishes - 4th District]</ref><ref name=DCP5>[http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/pages/parishes5.php www.dioceseofcochin.org | List of Parishes - 5th District]</ref><ref name=DCP6>[http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/pages/parishes6.php www.dioceseofcochin.org | List of Parishes - 6th District]</ref> churches, five district churches namely, Santa Cruz Basilica Fortkochi, St. Joseph's Kumbalam, St. Sebastian's Thoppumpady, Santa Cruz Perumbadappu, St. Mary's Thankey serve as Forane Churches.

'''1st District'''<ref name=DCP1/>
*[[Santa Cruz Basilica]],(Estd.1505), Fortkochi
*Church of Our Lady of Hope, (Estd. 1605), Vypin
*Our Lady of Life Church], (Estd.9th Century), Mattancherry
*St. Peter & Paul, (Estd. 1857), Amaravathi, Fortkochi
*Holy Family Church, (Estd. 1901), Nazreth
*St. Joseph's Bethlehem Church, (Estd. 1974), Chullickal
*Stella Maris Church, (Estd. 1955), Willington Island
*St. Mary's Church,(Estd) Kochery

'''2nd District'''<ref name=DCP2/>
*St. Thomas The Apostle Church, ( Estd. 1990), Santhome
*St. Louis Church, (Estd.9th Century), Mundamveli
*St. Francis Assisi Church, ( Estd. 1980), Kaattipparambu
*St. Joseph'S Church, ( Estd. 1968), Cheriyakadavu
*St. Antony's Church, ( Estd. 1873), Kannamaaly
*St. Sebastian'S Church, ( Estd. 1832), Chellanam
*St.John The Baptist Church Anjilathara,

'''3rd District'''<ref name=DCP3/>
*St. Sebastian's Church, (Estd. 1833), Thoppumpady
*St. Joseph's Church, ( Estd. 1965), Chirackal
*St. Lawrence Church, (Estd. 1986), Palluruthy
*St. Thomas More Church, ( Estd. 1991), Palluruthy
*Santa Cruz Church, ( Estd. 1965), Perumpadappu
*St. Mary's Church, (Estd. 1978), Edakochi
*St. Lawrence Church, (Estd.9th Century), Edakochi
*St.Joseph's Church Maduracompany, Palluruthy
*Santa Maria Church Perumpadappu.

'''4th District'''<ref name=DCP4/>
*St. Joseph's Church, ( Estd. 1967), Kumbalangy North
*Martin D' Pores Church, (Estd. 1996), Kumbalangy North
*Sacred Heart Church, (Estd. 1994), Kumbalangy
*St. Peter's Church, (Estd. 1875), Kumbalangy
*St. George's Church, (Estd. 1869), Pazhangaad, Kumbalangy South
*Immaculate Conception Church, (Estd. 1977), Ezhupunna
*St. Sebastian's Church, (Estd. 1977), Neendakara
*St.Martin De Pores Church Kallencherry
*Holy Maries Church Azhikakam
*San Jos Church Kumbalanghi

'''5th District'''<ref name=DCP5/>
*St. Augustine's Church, (Estd. 1901), Aroor
*St. Joseph's Church, (Estd. 1977), Kumbalam
*St. Antony's Church, (Estd. 1978), Arookutty
*St. Francis Xavier's Church, (Estd. 1843), Eramallore
*St. Joseph's Church, ( Estd. 1986), Vallethode
*Our Lady of Fatima Church, Kodamthuruth
*Our Lady of Ransom Church, (Estd. 2004), Chandiroor
*Little Flower Church Perumbalam
*St Sebastian's Church Kaarunyapuram

'''6th District'''<ref name=DCP6/>
*St. George Church, (Estd. 2017), Arasupuram
*St. Antony's Church (Estd. 2015), Pathirapally
*St. Sebastian's Church, ( Estd. 2016), Areeparambu
*Our Lady of Assumption Church, (Estd. 1860), Poomkavu
*St. Francis Xavier's Church, (Estd. 1936), Vayalar
*St. George Church, (Estd. 1866), Arthumkal
*St. Mary's Church, (Estd. 1832), Thankey

In '''9th century''' there were only '''3''' parishes in West Kochi They are 1) St.Lawrence Church [[Edakochi]], 2) Our Lady Of Life Church [[Mattancherry]], 3) St.Louis Church [[Mundamveli]]

==Saints and causes for canonisation==
* Servant of God Lawrence Puliyanath<ref name="CCBI">{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|access-date=Oct 17, 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Christianity in India]]
*[[Roman Catholicism in India]]
*[[List of Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]
*[[List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view)#Episcopal Conference of India|List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured_view)-Episcopal Conference of India]]

==Notes==

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926225112/http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-ia_cochin.php Diocesan directory | www.ucanews.com]
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/coch1.htm GCatholic] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcchn.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/ Diocese website ]

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