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 Our Lady of Rosary Puthenthurai EathamozhiPuthenthuraiView parish
- DEVASAHAYAM MOUNT (ARALVAIMOZHY-KURUSADY) (1961) Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Devasahayam Mount, AralvaimozhyTown not recordedView parish
- N.G.O. Colony (2020) Church of Our Lady of Fatima Vallankumaravilai N.G.O. Colony Nagercoil –Town not recordedView parish
- Shrine of St. Lucia, Puthoor, Mondaikadu – 629 252.PuthoorView parish
- Thittuvilai (2021) Church of Saint Antony Thittuvilai, Mathal, BoothapandyTown not recordedView 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.