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.
- St Antony’s Church, West HillTown not recordedView parish
- St Francis Xaviers ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St George Church TrikapataTown not recordedView parish
- St Johns Church, PottemalTown not recordedView parish
- St Josephs Church, MalappuramTown not recordedView parish
- St Josephs Church, MoothedomTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Josephs Church, PilakavuTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph’s Church Kannur Road, CalicutTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph’s Church VaythiriTown not recordedView parish
- St Judes Church Thrikalongod, ManjeriTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Mary’s Church KoyilandiTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Michael’s Church, West HillTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Patrick’s ChurchKallai, Francis RoadTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Paul’s Church Paul nagarTown not recordedView parish
- St Sebastian’s Church, KappenkollyTown not recordedView parish
- St Thomas Church, ThalapuzhaTown not recordedView parish
- St Xaviers Church PeruvayalTown not recordedView parish
- St. Sebastian’s Church BadagaraTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas Aquinas Church Archana, ThenhipalamTown not recordedView parish
- St.Jude’s Church, ChundaleTown 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).