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{{Infobox diocese
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| jurisdiction      = Diocese
| name              = Gorakhpur
| local            =
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<!---- Locations ---->
| country          = {{flag|India}}
| territory        =
| province          = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Agra]]
| metropolitan      =
| archdeaconries    =
| deaneries        =
| subdivisions      =
| coordinates      = <!-- Use {{coord}} -->
<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_km2          = 19,070
| area_sqmi        = <!-- Area in square miles, automatically converted -->
| area_footnotes    =
| population        = 17,200,635
| population_as_of  = 2009
| catholics        = 3,230
| catholics_percent = 0.0
| parishes          = <!-- Number of parishes in the diocese -->
| churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
| congregations    = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
| schools          = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
| members          = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
<!---- Information ---->
| denomination      = [[Catholic Church]]
| sui_iuris_church  = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]
| rite              = [[East Syriac Rite]]
| established      = 19 June 1984
| cathedral        = St. Joseph’s Cathedral in [[Gorakhpur]]
| cocathedral      =
| patron            = [[Saint Thérèse of Lisieux]]<br />[[Saint Joseph]]{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
| patron_title      = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" -->
| priests          = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
<!---- Current leadership ---->
| pope              = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
| patriarch        =
| major_archbishop  = [[George Alencherry]]
| bishop            = Thomas Thuruthimattam
| bishop_title      = <!-- Type of ordinary: i.e. Bishop or Archbishop. Default is Bishop -->
| metro_archbishop  = Albert D'Souza
| coadjutor        =
| suffragans        = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one -->
| auxiliary_bishops = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) -->
| apostolic_admin  =
| vicar_general    =
| episcopal_vicar  =
| archdeacons      = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one-->
| emeritus_bishops  = Dominic Kokkat
<!---- Map ---->
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<!---- Website ---->
| website          = [https://www.gorakhpurdiocese.in/ Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur]
| footnotes        =
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The '''Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur''' is an [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] eparchy in [[India]], belonging to the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]. The eparchy was erected by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1984 through the [[Papal bull|Bull]] "[[Ex quo Divinum Concilium]]". [[Thomas Thuruthimattam]] was appointed bishop of Gorakhpur on 15 July 2006. He received his episcopal consecration on 1 October 2006 and assumed office on the same day.
==Former bishops==
* [[Dominic Kokkatt]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.thesyromalabarchurch.org/gorakhpur.htm Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgosm.html Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur] at [[Catholic-Hierarchy]]
{{Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Hierarchy}}
{{coord missing|Uttar Pradesh}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorakhpur}}
[[Category:Syro-Malabar Catholic dioceses]]
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1984]]
[[Category:Gorakhpur]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Christianity in Uttar Pradesh]]
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