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His Holiness Pope Paul VI, by
the Bull "Quanta Gloria" of
March 1, 1973 bifurcated the
vast Diocese of Tellicherry and
erected the Diocese of
Mananthavady. The Diocese
comprised of the civil district
of Wayanad in Kerala, the
Nilgiris district in Tamilnadu
and the districts of Shimoga,
Chickmangalore, Hasan, Mandia
and Mysore in Karnataka.Mar
Jacob Thoomkuzhy was consecrated
as the first Bishop on May 1,
1973
On December 31, 1975, by a
decree of the Congregation for
the Oriental Churches, dated 4th
December 1975, ten parishes from
the Diocese of Tellichery in the
civil districts of Kannur and
Kozhikode (at present Malappuram)
in Kerala were added to this
Diocese. On June 7, 1995 Mar
Jacob Thoomkuzhy was appointed
as the Bishop of Thamarassery,
and the then Proto Syncellus
Msgr. Joseph Kaniamattam was
appointed as the administrator
of the Diocese on July 27, 1995.
On January 26, 1997 Bishop
Emmanuel Pothanamuzhy CMI was
consecrated as the second Bishop
of the Diocese. Following his
death on 6th April 2003 Msgr.
George Najaralakatt who was
until then his syncellus was
appointed by the Major
Archbishop as the diocesan
administrator. On 18th March
2004, Fr. Jose Porunnedom, the
then Chancellor of the Major
Archiepiscopal Curia was
nominated bishop of Mananthavady.
His Episcopal Ordination and
installation took place on 15th
May 2004.
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