Suffragan diocese Cochin, India
Diocese of Cochin
Coccinen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Cochin is a Latin Church diocese in Kerala, India, one of the oldest in the country, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Verapoly. Bishop Antony Kattiparambil was appointed in October 2025.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1558
- Catholics
- 182,324
- Priests
- 166
- Territory
- 236 km²
Parishes and churches
61 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St JosephVelyView parish
- St JudeEramalloorView parish
- St LawrencePalluruthyView parish
- St MaryKocheryView parish
- St MaryChandiroorView parish
- St MaryThankeyView parish
- St MichaelManasseryView parish
- St SebastianKannamalyView parish
- St SebastianAreeparambuView parish
- St SebastianNeendakaraMass times recorded
- St Thomas ApostleSanthomeView parish
- St Thomas MorePalluruthyView parish
- St XavierXavierdeshView parish
- St. AntonyArookuttyView parish
- St. AugustineAroorMass times recorded
- St. Francis XavierVayalarMass times recorded
- St. GeorgeArthumkalView parish
- St. GeorgePazhangadMass times recorded
- St. JosephCheriyakadavuView parish
- St. JosephChirakkalView parish
- St. JosephVallethodeView parish
- St. Joseph’s BethlehemChullickalView parish
- St. LawrenceEdacochinView parish
- St. LouisMundamvelyView parish
- St. Martin de PoresKallancheryMass times recorded
- St. MaryNorth EdacochinView parish
- St. PeterKumbalanghyMass times recorded
- St. Peter and St. PaulAmaravathyView parish
- St. SebastianChellanamView parish
- St. SebastianThoppumpadyView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antony Kattiparambil
- Born
- 14 October 1970
- Birthplace
- Mundamveli
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Fort Kochi stands in Cochin, 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
Portuguese-speaking missionaries dominated the region when, in 1557, the Diocese of Cochin was established in Cochin, Kerala, India. A constituent of the sui iuris Latin Church, the see (Latin: Diœcesis Coccinensis) holds suffragan rank within the ecclesiastical province headed by the metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly.