Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur
The Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Latin: Eparchia Gorakhpurensis ) is an eparchy of the united with the Roman Catholic Church Syro - Malabar church in India. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra. The eparchy has its headquarters in the city of Gorakhpur comprises the districts of Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Deoria, Basti and Siddharthnagar in the northeast of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
History
The eparchy was established on 19 June 1984, the papal bull Ex quo Divinum Concilium of Pope John Paul II from areas of the Diocese of Varanasi. First bishop was Dominic Kokkat, who belongs to the Little Flower Congregation. The members of this congregation are active in the region since 1970. As Bishop Kokkat age-related resigned from his post in 2006, his Friar Thomas Thuruthimattam became the new Bishop of Gorakhpur.