Diocese of Kottarakara- Punalur

Kottarakkara Punalur Diocese is one of the 30 dioceses of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The diocese was created after dividing the then existed Thiruvananthapuram Diocese and Kollam Diocese on 15 August 2010. The new diocese was inagurated on 23 January 2011. H.G. Yuhanon Mar Thevodoros was installed the first Metropolitan of the diocese.Kottarakkara Kottappuram Seminary is the Bishop house of the Diocese