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Diocese of Kottapuram Dioecesis Kottapuramensis കോട്ടപ്പുറം രൂപത | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Verapoly |
| Metropolitan | Verapoly |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 3,201,098 97000 (2.9%) |
| Parishes | 50 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Roman rite |
| Established | 3 July 1987 |
| Cathedral | St Michael’s Cathedral in Kodungallur |
| Patron saint | St Thomas |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Ambrose Puthenveetil |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Kalathiparambil |
| Vicar General | Antony Kurisingal |
| Bishops emeritus | Joseph Karikkassery |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottapuram (Latin: Kottapuramen(sis)) is a diocese located in the town of Kodungallur in the ecclesiastical province of Verapoly in India. On Saturday, 18 December 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Joseph Karikkassery, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly, as Bishop of Kottapuram. The diocese had until then been a vacant see (sede vacante), as Bishop Francis Kallarakal had been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in February 2010 as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly, India (the Diocese of Kottapuram is in its Ecclesiastical Province).