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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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. Mary's ChurchAdivaramMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchArakulam NewMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchCholathadamMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchEdaduMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchElappallyMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchKadaplamattomMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchKalathoorMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchKattampakMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchKoottikalMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchKothanalloorMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchKulamavuMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchLalam OldView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchManalumkalMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchManathoorMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchMarangolyMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchMarylandMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchMevadaView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchMoolamattomMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchMoonnilavuMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchMoozhoorMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchNellapparaMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchPaingalamMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchPlassanalMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchPoonjarMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchPoovakulamView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchValavoorMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchVedagiriMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchVelanilamMass times recorded
- St. Mary's ChurchYenthayarMass 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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.