Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Sultanpet, India
Diocese of Sultanpet
Sultanpeten(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- St RaphaelAttapady · CathedralView parish
- St. SebastianSultanpet · CathedralView parish
- ArokiyamathaVilloonyView parish
- Christ the KingSorapparaiView parish
- Holy CrossMenonparaView parish
- Holy FamilyKanjikodeView parish
- Infant JesusOttapalamView parish
- Infant JesusKolamadachallaiView parish
- Our Lady of LourdesPadagiriView parish
- Our Lady of VelankannimathaMalampuzhaView parish
- St. AntonyShoranurView parish
- St. Antony of PadovaMukkaliView parish
- St. Antony of PadovaOlavakodeView parish
- St. Antony of PaduaAthikodeView parish
- St. Antony the HermitAathupathyView parish
- St. Antony the HermitChitturView parish
- St. Francis XavierPalaniyarpalayamView parish
- St. Ignatius of AntiochVadakancherryView parish
- St. JamesKullarayanpalayamView parish
- St. JamesManalkkadView parish
- St. JamesPeriya Kovil PalayamView parish
- St. John the BaptistAttapallamView parish
- St. KunukunthaErumaikaranurView parish
- St. Mary MagdaleneKiramparaiView parish
- St. Paul the HermitPampuparaiView parish
- St. SebastianNemmaraView parish
- St. StanislausWalayarView parish
- St. Theresa of Child JesusKanakankalamView parish
- Sts. Peter and PaulEruthenpathyView parish
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.