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| | Calicut diocese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | likewise adding also the area west of the watershed of the Walluvanad Taluk, till then under the Diocese of Coimbatore |
 | | The extent, therefore, of the diocese may be described as the whole of the former Malabar district up to the Ponnani river, part of Palghat district and the area of the watershed of Walluvanad Taluk, with the addition of the present Hosdurg Taluk to the north. |
 | | At the time of erection it numbered in all, 8000 Catholics, the majority of whom resided in the three old stations along the shore of the Arabian Sea, viz, Calicut, Tellicherry and Cannanore. |
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