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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Neyyattinkara <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Neyyattinkaraensis <br />
|local = നെയ്യാറ്റിൻകര രൂപത<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|province = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]] <br />
|metropolitan = [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]] <br />
|denomination = [[Latin Catholic]] <br />
|rite = [[Latin rite]]<br />
|cathedral = Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in [[Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|patron = [[Saint Joseph]] <br />
|area_km2 = 1,497 <br />
|population = 1,334,865 <br />
|population_as_of = 2004 <br />
|catholics = 128,730 <br />
|catholics_percent= 9.6 <br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|bishop = [[Vincent Samuel]] <br />
|metro_archbishop = Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
|vicar_general = G. Christudas <br />
|website = [http://www.neyyattinkaradiocese.org/ Website of the Diocese] <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Neyyattinkara''' ({{lang-la| Neyyattinkaraen(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the town of [[Neyyattinkara]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum|Trivandrum]] in India.<br />
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==History==<br />
* June 14, 1996: Established as Diocese of Neyyattinkara from the Diocese of Trivandrum<br />
The lion share of the population of Neyyattinkara Roman Catholic Diocese belong to major ethnic group of Nadar Community. The Holy Throne has established the Diocese of Neyyattinkara for the exclusive evangelisation of the area, progress and preservation of the Latin Catholic Minority.<br />
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==Leadership==<br />
* [[Bishop]]s of Neyyattinkara Roman Rite([[Latin]])<br />
** Bishop Vincent Samuel (June 14, 1996 – present)<br />
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==Saints and causes for canonisation==<br />
* Servant of God Fr. Adeodatus (Muthiyavila Valiyachan)<ref name="Benziger Adeodatus DC">{{cite news |title=Bishop Maria Benziger, Adeodatus made Servants of God |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/211018/bishop-maria-benziger-adeodatus-made-servants-of-god.html<br />
|work=Deccan Chronicle |date=21 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/neyy0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dneyy.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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