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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== History ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== History ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was established on 25 January 2010 as &#039;&#039;&#039;Eparchy (Diocese) of Puthur / Puttur&#039;&#039;&#039; / Latin adjective Puthuren(sis), on territory split off from the (northern parts of the) territory of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery]], whose Bishop [[Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil]] was appointed as its first ordinary.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;gcatholic.org&quot;/&amp;gt; He later resigned on January 24, 2017 due to health problems.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.ucanindia.in/news/resignation-of-bishop-of-puttur/33923/daily&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was established on 25 January 2010 as &#039;&#039;&#039;Eparchy (Diocese) of Puthur / Puttur&#039;&#039;&#039; / Latin adjective Puthuren(sis), on territory split off from the (northern parts of the) territory of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery]], whose Bishop [[Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil]] was appointed as its first ordinary.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;gcatholic.org&quot;/&amp;gt; He later resigned on January 24, 2017 due to health problems.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |url=&lt;/ins&gt;http://www.ucanindia.in/news/resignation-of-bishop-of-puttur/33923/daily &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|title=Archived copy |access-date=9 February 2017 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080924/http://www.ucanindia.in/news/resignation-of-bishop-of-puttur/33923/daily |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Episcopal Ordinaries ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Episcopal Ordinaries ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Sources and External links ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Sources and External links ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| name              = Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puttur&lt;br /&gt;
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| territory         = [[Karnataka]]&lt;br /&gt;
| province          = [[Syro-Malankara Archdiocese of Tiruvalla]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| catholics         = 2270&lt;br /&gt;
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| parishes          = 21&lt;br /&gt;
| churches          = &amp;lt;!-- Number of churches in the diocese --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| congregations     = &amp;lt;!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| schools           = &amp;lt;!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| members           = &amp;lt;!-- Number of members in the diocese --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| denomination      = [[Eastern Catholic]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rite              = [[Syro-Malankara Rite]]&lt;br /&gt;
| established       = 25 January 2010&lt;br /&gt;
| cathedral         =  St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Noojibalthila&lt;br /&gt;
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| patron            = &amp;lt;!-- Patron saint(s) of the diocese (or archdiocese) --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| suffragans        = &amp;lt;!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| emeritus_bishops  = &amp;lt;!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur (or - Puttur)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (also called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Puthur of the Syro-Malankars&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;), the first [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church|Syro-Malankara Catholic]] diocese in India&amp;#039;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]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Its episcopal see is the St. Mary&amp;#039;s Pro-Cathedral at [[Noojibalthila]], in Kerala&amp;#039;s Puttur taluk. Its headquarters are Catholic Bishop&amp;#039;s House, Parladka, P.O. Puttur, 574203, Karnataka.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;gcatholic.org&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/puth0.htm|title=Eparchy of Puthur, India (Syro-Malankar Rite)}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Statistics ==&lt;br /&gt;
As per 2015, it pastorally served 2,800 Catholics in 25 parishes with 25 priests (17 diocesan, 8 religious), 33 lay religious (8 brothers, 25 sisters), 6 seminarians.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;gcatholic.org&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The diocese has 22 churches under it spread across the civil districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Hassan, Chikmagalur, Mandya, Mysore, Shimoga and Chamarajanagar. There are 36 educational and 4 charitable institutions.&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
It was established on 25 January 2010 as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eparchy (Diocese) of Puthur / Puttur&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; / Latin adjective Puthuren(sis), on territory split off from the (northern parts of the) territory of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery]], whose Bishop [[Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil]] was appointed as its first ordinary.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;gcatholic.org&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He later resigned on January 24, 2017 due to health problems.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.ucanindia.in/news/resignation-of-bishop-of-puttur/33923/daily&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Episcopal Ordinaries ==&lt;br /&gt;
(all native Indians and Syro-Malankar Rite)&lt;br /&gt;
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;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Puthur&lt;br /&gt;
* Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil (2010.01.25 – retired 2017.01.24), died 2018; previously Eparch (Bishop) of mother see Bathery of the Syro-Malankars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2010.01.25)&lt;br /&gt;
* George Kalayil (2017.08.05 – ...)&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Deanery of Belthangady]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Christianity in Karnataka]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Most Holy Redeemer Church, Belthangady]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Sources and External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/puth0.htm GCatholic, with Google HQ satellite pic]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=420018 forums.catholic.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100421143319/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/16/stories/2010041658310200.htm www.hindu.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.muvattupuzhadiocese.com/muvattupuzha_news.htm www.muvattupuzhadiocese.com]&lt;br /&gt;
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