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Diocese of Jalandhar

Rite:

Latin

Population:

26,982,743

Status:

Diocese

Catholics:

116968

Founded:

17-Jan-52

Diocesan Priests:

Total area:

3 819 Sq.km

Religious Priests:

Province:

Delhi

Religious Sisters:

619

Region:

North Eastern

Seminarians:

Patron:

Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Francis of Assisi

Languages:

Punjabi Hindi Urdu Pahari English?

Civil States:

Punjab: Amritsar Faridkot Ferozepore Fazilka Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Kapurthala Ludhiana Moga Muktsar Nawanshahar Tarn Taran and Pathankot districts and Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Ropar district Himachal Pradesh: Chamba Hamirpur Kangra and Una

Contact Diocese Office :

Bishop's HouseH.NO 175 Civil Lines PostJalandhar City - 144 001.PUNJAB.

Telephone 1:

0181-22 23 987 / 22 22 634

Fax:

22 22 634

E-Mail Office:

diojal5ab@gmail.com

Website:

jalandhardiocese.com

Most Rev. Franco Mulakkal, Bishops of Jalandhar

Name:

Most Rev. Franco Mulakkal

Designation:

Bishops

Canonical Possession:

2013-

Telephone (P):

E-mail (P):

Other Present & Retired Ordinaries of the Diocese of Jalandhar

Bishops Name	Designation	Period
	Apostolic Administrator	2018-

Pilgrim Centres in theDiocese of Jalandhar

Ecclesiastical Institutions

Social / Charitable Institutions / Care Centres

Educational Institutions

Parishes:

106

Hospitals:

Degree Colleges:

Major Seminaries:

Orphanages:

Technical Training Centres:

Minor Seminaries:

Special Schools:

High Schools:

Monastries:

Crèches:

Lower Primary Schools:

Convents:

Counselling Centres:

Presses & Media Centres:

Formation Houses:

Social Centres:

Professional Colleges:

Retreat Centres:

Dispensaries / Clinics:

Parallel Colleges:

Physically Challenged:

Higher Secondary :

Boarding Houses:

Upper Primary Schools:

HIV / AIDS Centres:

Nurseries/Pre-Primary :

De-addiction Centres:

Aged & Destitute:

History of the Diocese of Jalandhar

The Diocese of Jalandhar comprises the civil districts of Amritsar Faridkot Ferozepore Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Kapurthala Ludhiana Moga Muktsar and Nawanshahar in Punjab and Chamba Hamirpur Kangra and Una in Himachal Pradesh.

Until the Partition of India in 1947 this area was part of the Diocese of Lahore looked after by the Capuchin Fathers of the Belgian province. On January 17 1952 the Apostolic Prefecture of Jalandhar was created by the Apostolic Constitution "Inter Ceteras Curas" of Pope Pius XII. It was entrusted to the British Province of the Capuchins and Msgr Francis Alban Swarbrick ofm cap. was made the Prefect.

Pope Paul VI raised the Prefecture of Jalandhar to the status of a diocese on December 6 1971 by the Apostolic Bull "Ad Perpetuam Rei Memoriam" and Bp Symphorian Keeprath ofm cap. was appointed its First Bishop. Who served the diocese of Jalandhar for 34 years with great zeal.

Prelates of the Diocese of Jalandhar

Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period	Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period
	Bishop	1971 - 2007