Little Flower Forane Church, Nilambur

Little Flower Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Nilambur
Side view of Little Flower Forane Church, Nilambur

11°16′52″N 76°14′00″E / 11.28108°N 76.23324°E / 11.28108; 76.23324
Location	Nilambur
Country	India
Denomination	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Website	http://littleflowernilambur.in/
History
Status	Forane
Founded	1929
Dedication	St. Thérèse
Past bishop(s)	Mar Emmanuel Pothanamuzhi
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Administration
District	Malappuram
Archdiocese	Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
Diocese	Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady
Clergy
Archbishop	Mar George Alencherry
Bishop(s)	Mar Jose Porunnedam
Vicar(s)	Fr. Biju Thuruthel
Assistant priest(s)	Fr. Vinoy Kalappurackal

Little Flower Forane Church, Nilambur is a Syro-Malabar church situated at Nilambur in Malappuram district.

History[edit]

The church, which was established in 1929, is under Manathavady eparchy.^[1]^[2] The current archbishop of Tellicherry Archdiocese, Mar George Njaralakatt has served as the vicar of the church from 2004 to 2006.^[3] Now, Fr. Biju Thuruthel is serving as vicar and Fr. Vinoy Kalappurackal is serving as asst. vicar of the church.^[4] There are 489 Catholic families in this church.^[5]

Parishes under the church[edit]

Holy Family, Chokkad^[6]
St. Thomas, Edivanna^[7]
Saint Joseph, Moolepadam^[8]
St. Mary, Pookkottumpadam^[9]
Saint George, Poolappadam^[10]
Saint Jude, Rubynagar^[11]
St. Mary, Thelpara^[12]
Saint George, T.K Colony^[13]
St. Mary, Vallikett^[14]
Saint Francis of Assisi church, Vadapuram

External links[edit]

Official Website of Mananthavady Diocese

References[edit]

^ "Little Flower Forane Church, Nilambur". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "Founded Date". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "Bp. George Njaralakatt". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "priests".
^ "Catholic Population of LF Church". Retrieved 13 February 2015.
^ "Holy Family church, Chokkad". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "St. Thomas church, Edivanna". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "St. Joseph Church, Moolepadam". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "St. Mary Church, Pookkottumpadam". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "St. George Church, Poolappadam". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "St. Jude Church, Rubynagar". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "St. Mary Church, Thelpara". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "St. George Church, T. K. Colony". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "St. Mary Church, Vallikett". Retrieved 14 February 2014.

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