Suffragan diocese Alleppey, India
Diocese of Alleppey
Alleppeyen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Alleppey is a Latin Church diocese in Kerala, India, erected on 19 June 1952 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Trivandrum. Bishop James Raphael Anaparambil has led the see since 2019.
On the map
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- Established
- 1952
- Catholics
- 163,076
- Priests
- 133
- Territory
- 333 km²
Parishes and churches
67 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Francis XavierKandakkadavuView parish
- St Francis XavierAzheekalView parish
- St Francis XavierOmanapuzhaView parish
- St GeorgeManakodamView parish
- St GeorgeAlappuzhaView parish
- St GeorgeSouth ChellanamView parish
- St JamesVayalarView parish
- St John Maria VianneyPunnapraView parish
- St JosephOttamasseryView parish
- St JosephChethyView parish
- St JosephPunnapraView parish
- St JosephThankey, KalavankodamView parish
- St JosephValiakalavoorView parish
- St JosephVelyView parish
- St JudeVanaswargamView parish
- St Maria GorettiChetticaduView parish
- St MaryPunnapraView parish
- St Maxmillian KolbeMangalamView parish
- St MichaelKattoorView parish
- St MichaelManasseryView parish
- St MonicaMariapuramView parish
- St PaulKalathView parish
- St PeterVattayalView parish
- St Pius XAlleppey BeachView parish
- St Pius XPunnapraView parish
- St RitaReethalayamView parish
- St SebastianPallithodeView parish
- St SebastianAreeparambuView parish
- St SebastianParavoorView parish
- St ThomasAmbalapuzhaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- James Raphael Anaparambil
- Born
- 7 March 1962
- Birthplace
- Kandakadavu
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Alappuzha stands in Alleppey, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Erected from the Diocese of Cochin on June 19, 1952, by Pope Pius XII through the papal bull Ea Redemptoris Verba, the Diocese of Alleppey (Latin: Diœcesis Alleppeyensis) is the Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in the city of Alappuzha, within India's ecclesiastical province of Thiruvananthapuram. Its territory of approx. 333 square kilometers runs along the Arabian Sea between the dioceses of Kochi and Kollam.