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 ChurchKurichithanamView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchMallikasseryMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchMangalagiriMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchMelukavumattomMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchNeeranthanamView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchPoovathoduMass times recorded
- St. Thomas ChurchRetnagiriMass times recorded
- St. Thomas Mount ChurchNambiakulamMass times recorded
- St. Xavier's ChurchAdukkomMass times recorded
- St. Xavier's ChurchMannarapparaMass times recorded
- St. Xavier's ChurchTeekoyMass times recorded
- St.Ephrem ChurchKaveekunnuMass times recorded
- St.John Nepumcian's ChurchKozhuvanalMass times recorded
- St.John The Baptist ChurchKanjirathanamMass times recorded
- St.Mary's ChurchKakombuMass times recorded
- St.Mary's ChurchKavalyMass times recorded
- St.Theresa's ChurchMalapuramMass times recorded
- St.Thomas ChurchMonippallyMass times recorded
- Thirumarady ChurchThirumaradyMass times recorded
- Xii Apostles' ChurchAruvithuraView parish
- Xii Apostles' ChurchChemmalamattomMass 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.