Metropolitan see Calicut, India
Archdiocese of Calicut
Calicuten(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Calicut is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese centered on Kozhikode (Calicut) in Kerala, India, elevated from diocese to archdiocese in April 2025 with Kannur and Sultanpet as suffragan dioceses. Its seat is the Mother of God Cathedral in Kozhikode, and Varghese Chakkalakal was named its first archbishop.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 2025
- Catholics
- 38,092
- Priests
- 184
- Territory
- 12,505 km²
Parishes and churches
50 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Mother of God Cathedral, CalicutTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Amalolbavamatha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Arogyamatha Munderi Church, Kalpetta (Substation)Town not recordedView parish
- Ayurnikethan Church Kottakkal, MalappuramTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Christ the King Church, MalaparambaTown not recordedView parish
- Fathima Matha Church, SugandagiriTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Cross Church CalicutTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Cross Church, ManjeriTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Cross Church, PoomalaTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Redeemer Church, MarikunnuTown not recordedView parish
- Immaculate Conception Church, MananthavadyTown not recordedView parish
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, PambraTown not recordedView parish
- Infant Jesus Church, ChandanathodeTown not recordedView parish
- Infant Jesus Church, NilamburTown not recordedView parish
- Little Flower Church ,PozhuthanaTown not recordedView parish
- Little Flower Church,MavoorTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Lourdu Matha Church, Pallikunnu,North WayanadTown not recordedView parish
- Lourdu Matha Church, Perinthalmanna, MalappuramTown not recordedView parish
- Morning Star ChurchREC, ChathamangalamTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church AndoorTown not recordedView parish
- Perpetual Succour Church, PanamaramTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart Church Cheruvannur, FerokeTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, AmbalavayalTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, KalpettaTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, Melady, PayyoiliTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Andrews Church BayporeTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Antonys Church TholpettyTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Antonys Church, PakkamTown not recordedView parish
- St antonys Church, VilambukandamTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Antony’s Church, RipponTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Varghese Chakkalakal
- Born
- 7 February 1953
- Birthplace
- Malapallipuram
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Mother of God Cathedral, Kozhikode stands in Calicut, 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
A Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in India, Calicut (Latin: Archdioecesis Calicuten(sis)) heads an ecclesiastical province whose suffragan dioceses are the Kannur and Sulthanpet, while itself depending on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral, Mother of God Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady, stands in the episcopal see of Kozhikode (Calicut).