KOTTAYAM, DIOCESE of. – Malabarese of the Eastern rite in Hindustan, suffragan of Ernakulam, erected as an apostolic vicariate on 20 May 1887 and as a bishopric on 21 Dec. 1923.
Faithful 43,548, priests 86, churches and chapels 51. One monastery with 15 Carmelite religious, 9 convents with 141 women religious, 45 schools, and various charitable works.
BIBL.: Servizio Informazioni Congr. Orientale, 11 (1947), foglio 2; Annuario Pontificio, 1951, p. 234. Guglielmo de Vries