Eparchy of Palghat
Palghaten(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Palghat, India
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India, erected 20 June 1974 by bifurcating the Eparchy of Trichur with a few parishes added from Tellicherry. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Thrissur and serves about 56,700 East Syriac-rite Catholics (2010).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 27 June 1974
- Latin
- Palghaten(sis)
- Patron
- São José
- Annuario code
- 001002520
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 56,668
- Population
- 3,426,773
- Catholic share
- 1.7%
- Priests
- 222
- Catholics per priest
- 255
- Extent
- 4,480 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Peter Kochupurackal
- Born
- 29 May 1964
- Birthplace
- Marangoli
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Raphael’s Cathedral stands in Palghat, 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.
The province of Thrissur (Syro-Malabar)
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Thrissur.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of RamanathapuramRamanathapuram
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Palakkad in the state of Kerala, in South India, the Eparchy of Palghat is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and a suffragan bishopric of the Archdiocese of Trichur. Peter Kochupurackal, appointed in 2022, is the current bishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].