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Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Sultanpet, India

Diocese of Sultanpet

Sultanpeten(sis)

The Diocese of Sultanpet is a Latin Catholic diocese covering Palakkad district, Kerala, India. It was erected by Pope Francis in 2013 and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Calicut.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Saint Sebastian Cathedral, Sultanpet, Palakkad, in Sultanpet, India.

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Established
2013
Catholics
30,975
Priests
46
Territory
4,466 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Peter Abir Antonisamy

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The cathedral

Saint Sebastian Cathedral, Sultanpet, Palakkad stands in Sultanpet, 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

Comprising the Palakkad district of Kerala, India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sultanpet (Latin: Dioecesis Sultanpetensis) was erected from the division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut, and serves as a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly. Its first bishop was Rev. Peter Abir Antonisamy, a clergy of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.