Suffragan eparchy Palghat, India
Eparchy of Palghat
Palghaten(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
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).
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- Established
- 1974
- Catholics
- 56,668
- Priests
- 222
- Territory
- 4,480 km²
Parishes and churches
129 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Little Flower ChurchKarimbaView parish
- Little Flower ChurchPooncholaView parish
- Lourde Matha ChurchKongaduView parish
- Lourde Matha ChurchKumaramputhurMass times recorded
- Lourde Matha Forane ChurchVadakkencherryView parish
- Mary Matha ChurchKalladikodeView parish
- Nithyasahaya Matha ChurchPalakkad TownView parish
- Nithyasahaya Matha ChurchPanthalampadamView parish
- Our Lady of Mt.Carmel ChurchNelliyampathiView parish
- Prasada Matha ChurchMannarkkad TownView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchThiruvizhamkunnuView parish
- Santhi Natha ChurchPazhambalakodeView parish
- Santhi Natha ChurchSanthithadamView parish
- Scared Heart ChurchRajagiriView parish
- St. Alphonsa ChurchKottatharaView parish
- St. Alphonsa ChurchMundurView parish
- St. Antony ChurchPombraView parish
- St. Antony's ChurchValkulambuView parish
- St. Ignatius ChurchKoonatharaView parish
- St. James ChurchKulakkattukurussiView parish
- St. James the Great ChurchDhoniView parish
- St. John Maria Vianney ChurchPalampattaView parish
- St. John the Baptist ChurchKottapuramView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchGaneshgiriView parish
- St. Joseph Forane ChurchOlavakodeView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchKanjirapuzha DamView parish
- St. Mary ChurchSeetharkunduView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchThachamparaView parish
- St. Sebastian ChurchAkamalavaramView parish
- St. Theresa's ChurchDhonigundView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Peter Kochupurackal
- Born
- 29 May 1964
- Birthplace
- Marangoli
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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.
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.