Suffragan eparchy Ramanathapuram, India
Eparchy of Ramanathapuram
Ramanathapuramen(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in Tamil Nadu, India, erected 18 January 2010 by dividing the Eparchy of Palghat, and a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Thrissur. It serves about 15,700 East Syriac-rite Catholics across the Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, and Nagapattinam districts, with Holy Trinity Church in Ramanathapuram (Coimbatore) as its cathedral.
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- Established
- 2010
- Catholics
- 15,694
- Priests
- 1,632
- Territory
- 18,525 km²
Parishes and churches
43 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Holy Trinity Cathedral ChurchRamanathapuram · CathedralView parish
- Catholic Bishop's HouseCoimbatoreView parish
- Good Shepherd ChurchKaramadaiView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchKNG Pudhur, EdayapalayamView parish
- Jeevan Jyothi Mission CentreChinnathottipalayamView parish
- Karunya Matha Mission CentreKaryunyanagarView parish
- Little Flower ChurchSaibaba ColonyView parish
- Little Flower Mission CentreDindigulView parish
- Lourde Matha Forane ChurchErodeView parish
- Lourdes Forane ChurchGandhipuramMass times recorded
- Mettoor Mission CentreMettoorView parish
- Mount Carmel ChurchAndipalayam, TirupurView parish
- Our Lady of Rosary churchL& T By Pass, PattanamView parish
- Pallipalayam Mission CentrePallipalayamView parish
- St. Alphonsa ChurchPalladamView parish
- St. Alphonsa Mission CentreKodaikanalView parish
- St. Alphonsa Mission CentreMettupalayamView parish
- St. Antony's ChurchKarurView parish
- St. Antony's ChurchSasthri Nagar, ErodeView parish
- St. Antony's Mission CentreChennimalaiView parish
- St. Antony's Mission CentreKangayamView parish
- St. Elizabeth ChurchSuleswarampatty, PollachiView parish
- St. James Mission CentreVadavallyView parish
- St. John Paul Mission CentrePerianaickenpalayamView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchKavundapalayamView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchMettupalayam, KattoorView parish
- St. Joseph's Mission CentrePeelamadu, CitraView parish
- St. Jude Mission CentreDharapuramView parish
- St. Luke's ChurchValaparaiView parish
- St. Mariam Thresia Mission CentreThanjavurView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Paul Alappatt
- Born
- 21 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Edathuruthy
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The cathedral
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Ramanathapuram stands in Ramanathapuram, 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
Created in 2010 by bifurcating the Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy of Palghat, the Eparchy of Ramanathapuram sits in the Ramanathapuram locality of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Its territory covers the districts of Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam, having been extended to Salem and Trichy on 10 October 2017. Mar Paul Alappat is the present Bishop of Ramanathapuram.