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
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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. Mathew's ChurchPerumthuruthMass times recorded
- St. Mathew's ChurchAnthialamView parish
- St. Mathew's ChurchRamapuramMass times recorded
- St. Michael's ChurchKuruvinalMass times recorded
- St. Michael's ChurchIdamattomMass times recorded
- St. Michael's ChurchPalayamMass times recorded
- St. Paul's ChurchVakakkadMass times recorded
- St. Peter's ChurchMoonnaniMass times recorded
- St. Pius X ChurchPiusmountMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchKondadMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchKalikavuMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchKurinjiMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchMangalaramView parish
- St. Sebastian's ChurchManjamattomMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchMannackanadMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchMarth Mariam TownMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchMavadyMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchMutholapuramMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchNellianiMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchSanthipuramMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchThakadiMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchVakkadMass times recorded
- St. Sebastian's ChurchValachiraMass times recorded
- St. Sebatian's ChurchVagamonMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchAimcombuMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchArakulam OldMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchArunapuramMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchArunoottimangalamMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchKadanadMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchKaduthuruthyMass 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.