Suffragan diocese Kottapuram, India
Diocese of Kottapuram
Kottapuramen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kottapuram is a Latin Catholic diocese in Kerala, India, headquartered near the ancient city of Cranganore (Kodungallur). It was erected in 1987 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Verapoly.
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- Established
- 1987
- Catholics
- 97,000
- Priests
- 169
- Territory
- 3,000 km²
Parishes and churches
56 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St AntonyMalapallipuramView parish
- St AntonyPariyaramView parish
- St Don BoscoParavoorView parish
- St Francis AssisiManalikkadView parish
- St Francis AssisiThuruthipuramView parish
- St Francis XavierKunjithaiView parish
- St Francis XavierSampaloorView parish
- St GeorgeMadaplathuruthView parish
- St John Maria VianneyKedamangalamView parish
- St JosephKurumbathurthView parish
- St JosephMathilakamView parish
- St JosephMuttickalView parish
- St JosephPeechiView parish
- St JudeKuttanellurView parish
- St JudeMethalaView parish
- St PaulManancherikunnuView parish
- St SebastianKottuvallyView parish
- St SebastianGothuruthView parish
- St SebastianPoyyaView parish
- St SebastianThuruthView parish
- St ThomasAzhicodeView parish
- St ThomasMaliankaraView parish
- St ThomasThuruthurView parish
- St Vincent FerrerParavurView parish
- Velamkanni MathaKadappuramView parish
- Vettilappara MarymathaPariyaramView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ambrose Puthenveettil
- Born
- 21 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Palliport
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The cathedral
St. Michael's Cathedral, Kodungallur stands in Kottapuram, 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.
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