Calicut diocese came into existence on 12th June 1923. It was established by Holy Father Pope Pius XI of happy memory separating Malabar from the diocese of Mangalore and Wynad from the diocese of Mysore. It was spread out into the six Districts of North Kerala extending from Shoranur to Kasargod. It was the largest in area among all the Dioceses in Kerala but in population it was the smallest. The special feature of this Diocese was that the people who belonged to it were different in culture, language and heredity. Some were the descendants of Europeans, Portuguese, Dutch, French and British, Anglo- Indians, Konkani speaking settlers....
 
     
   
 
 
Some 50 years ago when Fr. Edward Beretta, the then parish priest of Vayithiri, started a school
St.Joseph's Interdiocesan Seminary, Mangalore, was first established in 1763 at Monte Mariano,
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