Suffragan diocese Palayamkottai, India
Diocese of Palayamkottai
Palayamkottaien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Nellai townTown not recordedView parish
- NetturTown not recordedView parish
- Palayam ChettikulamTown not recordedView parish
- PandarakulamTown not recordedView parish
- PavoorchatramTown not recordedView parish
- PettaiTown not recordedView parish
- PuliampattiTown not recordedView parish
- PuliangudiTown not recordedView parish
- Sankar nagarTown not recordedView parish
- SankarankovilTown not recordedView parish
- SendamaramTown not recordedView parish
- SenkottaiTown not recordedView parish
- ShanthinagarTown not recordedView parish
- SingamparaiTown not recordedView parish
- SurandaiTown not recordedView parish
- TenkasiTown not recordedView parish
- ThalarkulamTown not recordedView parish
- UthumalaiTown not recordedView parish
- VadiyurTown not recordedView parish
- VallamTown not recordedView parish
- VandanamTown not recordedView parish
- VeeravanallurTown not recordedView parish
- VeikalipattyTown not recordedView parish
- VelayuthapuramTown not recordedView parish
- VenkatachalapuramTown not recordedView parish
- Xavier ColonyTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.