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Suffragan diocese Palayamkottai, India

Diocese of Palayamkottai

Palayamkottaien(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected 17 May 1973 from the Archdiocese of Madurai, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is St. Xavier's Cathedral in Palayamkottai, serving about 123,800 Catholics (2004). The see is vacant following the end of Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu's tenure in July 2025.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St. Xavier's Cathedral, Palayamkottai, in Palayamkottai, India.

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Established
1973
Catholics
123,789
Priests
137
Territory
6,102 km²

Parishes and churches

56 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Antonysamy Savarimuthu
Born
8 December 1960
Birthplace
Vadakku Vandanam

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The cathedral

St. Xavier's Cathedral, Palayamkottai stands in Palayamkottai, 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.

History

Located in the city of Palayamkottai in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palayamkottai (Latin: Palayamkottaien(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Madurai.