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.
- Sacred Heart ChurchPeringulamMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart ChurchUllanadMass times recorded
- St. Alphonsa ChurchPayyanithottamMass times recorded
- St. Alphonsa ChurchAlphonsagiriMass times recorded
- St. Alphonsa ChurchAlphonsapuramMass times recorded
- St. Alphonsa ChurchCherpunkalMass times recorded
- St. Alphonsa ChurchMuttuchiraMass times recorded
- St. Antony The Abbot ChurchPravithanamMass times recorded
- St. Antony The Abbot ChurchElamthottamMass times recorded
- St. Antony's ChurchMeenachilMass times recorded
- St. Antony's ChurchEdamarukuMass times recorded
- St. Antony's ChurchKaippallyMass times recorded
- St. Antony's ChurchLourdes MountMass times recorded
- St. Antony's ChurchPaduvaMass times recorded
- St. Antony's ChurchPoozhikkolMass times recorded
- St. Antony's ChurchVellikulamMass times recorded
- St. Augustine's ChurchKudayathoorMass times recorded
- St. Dominic's ChurchMundankalMass times recorded
- St. Francis Assisi ChurchMarangattupallyMass times recorded
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchVilakkumadomMass times recorded
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchXavierpuramMass times recorded
- St. Francis Xavier's ChurchNeeloorMass times recorded
- St. George ChurchVelliamattomMass times recorded
- St. George ChurchChittarMass times recorded
- St. George ChurchGeovalleyView parish
- St. George ChurchLalam NewMass times recorded
- St. George ChurchManvettomMass times recorded
- St. George ChurchMutholyMass times recorded
- St. George ChurchUrulikunnamMass times recorded
- St. George ChurchVayalaMass times recorded
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.