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His Holiness Pope Paul VI by the
Bull "Apostolico requirente" of
June 27, 1974 bifurcated the
Diocese of Trichur and with the
addition of a few parishes from
the Diocese of Tellicherry
erected the Diocese of Palghat
as a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Ernakulam. When
Trichur was raised to the
metropolitan status in 1995,
Palghat became its suffragan.
The Diocese comprises the civil
districts of Palghat, Coimbatore,
Karur and Erode.
Mar Joseph Irimpen was appointed
the first Bishop of Palghat. He
was ordained Bishop and took
canonical possession of the
Diocese on 8th
September 1974. He administered
the Diocese till 1994 and slept
in the Lord on 23rd
August 1997.
On November 11, 1996 Pope John
Paul II appointed Mar Jacob
Manathodath as the second Bishop
of Palghat. His enthronement and
canonical possession of the
Diocese took place on Feb. 1,
1997.
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