Suffragan eparchy Palai, India
Eparchy of Palai
Palaien(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in central Kerala, India, erected 25 July 1950 from the territory of Changanacherry and a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Changanassery. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Thomas in Palai, and it serves about 326,700 East Syriac-rite Catholics (2009), nearly half the local population.
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- Established
- 1950
- Catholics
- 326,747
- Priests
- 572
- Territory
- 1,166 km²
Parishes and churches
171 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Thomas ChurchPalai Cathedral · CathedralMass times recorded
- Blessed Sacrament ChurchKarimpaniMass times recorded
- Cherupushpam ChurchPalakadMass times recorded
- Christ Raj ChurchJaigiriMass times recorded
- Christ Raj ChurchKayyoorMass times recorded
- Fathima Matha ChurchFathimapuramMass times recorded
- Fathima Matha ChurchChettuthoduView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchThudanganadMass times recorded
- Holy Cross ChurchGagulthaMass times recorded
- Holy Cross ChurchMalayinchiparaMass times recorded
- Holy Family ChurchMattakkaraMass times recorded
- Holy Family ChurchKoothattukulamMass times recorded
- Infant Jesus ChurchThodanalView parish
- Kizhathadiyoor ChurchKizhathadiyoorMass times recorded
- Little Flower ChurchPiravomMass times recorded
- Little Flower ChurchAyyamparaMass times recorded
- Little Flower ChurchChempilavuMass times recorded
- Lorethu Matha ChurchChakkampuzhaView parish
- Lourdu Matha ChurchChennadMass times recorded
- Major Archiepiscopal Marth Mariam Archdeacon Pilgriim ChurchKuravilangadMass times recorded
- Mannar ChurchMannarMass times recorded
- Mar Sleeva ChurchSleevapuramMass times recorded
- Mar Sleeva ChurchKanjiramattomMass times recorded
- Mother Of Perpetual Help ChurchPalakattumalaMass times recorded
- Mother Of Seven Dolours ChurchParathanamMass times recorded
- Mount Carmel ChurchKeezhoorView parish
- Nithyasahayamatha ChurchEravimangalamMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart ChurchPoovaranyMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart ChurchKaroorView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchManiamkunnuView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Joseph Kallarangatt
- Born
- 29 November 1956
- Birthplace
- Kayyoor
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The cathedral
St. Thomas Cathedral, Palai stands in Palai, 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.