Suffragan diocese Kottar, India
Diocese of Kottar
Kottaren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madurai. Erected 26 May 1930, separated from the Diocese of Quilon. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Kottar, Nagercoil.
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- Established
- 1930
- Catholics
- 307,174
- Priests
- 210
- Territory
- 715 km²
Parishes and churches
95 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Church of Our Lady of Snows Thamaraikulam South ThamaraikulamThamaraikulamView parish
- Church of SS. Peter & Paul KadiapattanamKadiapattanamView parish
- Church of SS. Peter & Paul SarelSarelView parish
- Church of St. Alex Kottilpadu, ColachelKottilpaduView parish
- Church of St. Andrew Mel-ManakudyManakudyView parish
- Church of St. Anne Konam, NagercoilKonamView parish
- Church of St. Antony Amaravathivilai, MarungoorAmaravathivilaiView parish
- Church of St. Antony En.Puthenthurai KeezhkulamEnayam PuthenthuraiView parish
- Church of St. Antony Kurusady, NagercoilKurusadyView parish
- Church of St. Antony of Padua Periakadu EathamozhyPeriakaduView parish
- Church of St. Antony Parakkadai Road, Elangadai Kottar, NagercoilElankadaiView parish
- Church of St. Antony Pozhikarai EathamozhyPozhikaraiView parish
- Church of St. Antony SurulacodeSurulacodeView parish
- Church of St. Antony Thirunainarkurichy (Via) AmmandivilaiThirunainarkurichyView parish
- Church of St. Antony, Irumpili, Colachel – 629 25IrumpiliView parish
- Church of St. Barbara Ramanthurai KeezhkulamRamanthuraiView parish
- Church of St. Barthalomeo Kodimunai, ColachelKodimunaiView parish
- Church of St. Bernadette Mangalakunnu UdayamarthandamMangalakunnuView parish
- Church of St. Francis of Assisi Mathal, BoothapandyMathalView parish
- Church of St. Francis Xavier Alanchy, PalapallamAlanchyView parish
- Church of St. Francis Xavier Helen Nagar KeezhkulamHelen NagarView parish
- Church of St. George Thalavaipuram NagercoilThalavaipuramView parish
- Church of St. Helen, Enayam, KeezhkulamEnayamView parish
- Church of St. Ignatius Kovalam Via., KanyakumariKovalamView parish
- Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola Kurumbanai, ColachelKurumpanaiView parish
- Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola Ramanathichenputhur MarungoorRamanathichenputhoorView parish
- Church of St. James Vadasery, NagercoilVadaseryView parish
- Church of St. James, Vaniakudy, ColachelVaniakudyView parish
- Church of St. Joseph Kalimar, ColachelKalimarView parish
- Church of St. Joseph Karavilai, A.N.Kudy P.OKaravilaiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Nazarene Soosai
- Born
- 13 April 1963
- Birthplace
- Rajakkalamngalamthurai
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The cathedral
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar, Nagercoil stands in Kottar, 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.