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. Gregorios ChurchKizhaparayarMass times recorded
- St. John The Baptist ChurchEzhacherryMass times recorded
- St. John The Baptist ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St. John The Baptist ChurchKurumannuMass times recorded
- St. John The Baptist ChurchPeriapuramMass times recorded
- St. John The Baptist ChurchThuruthipallyMass times recorded
- St. John The Baptist ChurchVadakaraMass times recorded
- St. John Vianney's ChurchKalathookadavuMass times recorded
- St. John's ChurchBharananganamMass times recorded
- St. John's ChurchAmparanirappelMass times recorded
- St. Joseph Navanazareth ChurchVezhanganamView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchChoondacheryMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchAnthinadMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchEdappadyMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchElanjiMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchJosegiriMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchKakkoorMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchKoodalloorMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchKudakkachiraMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchKunnonniMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchManiamkulamMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchPaikaMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchSanthigiriMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchThidanaduMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchUdayagiriMass times recorded
- St. Joseph's ChurchVarianikkadMass times recorded
- St. Maria Gorethi ChurchKavumkandamMass times recorded
- St. Mary Magdalene ChurchNarianganamMass times recorded
- St. Mary's Catholic ChurchMulakulamMass 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.