Suffragan eparchy Thuckalay, India
Eparchy of Thuckalay
Thuckalayen(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar eparchy in the Kanyakumari region of Tamil Nadu, India, erected 11 November 1996. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Changanassery, with its seat at St Joseph's Cathedral, Soosaipuram, Thuckalay.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1996
- Catholics
- 29,673
- Priests
- 81
- Territory
- 1,794 km²
Parishes and churches
45 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Joseph's Cathedral (Diocese of Thuckalay)Town not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Amala Maria ChurchCheenivilaiView parish
- Christ the King ChurchParaicodeView parish
- Christ the King ChurchPalapallamView parish
- Christuraja ChurchChristhurajapuramView parish
- Devamatha ChurchKilliyoorView parish
- Fathima Matha ChurchFathimapuram (Kudukachivilai)View parish
- Holy Cross ChurchMalaicodeView parish
- Holy Family ChurchMukkoottukalView parish
- Holy Family ChurchThakkalivilaiView parish
- Loreto Matha ChurchAnamukhamView parish
- Lourdes Matha ChurchChenamcodeView parish
- Mother Teresa ChurchKalluvilaiView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchPallikonamView parish
- St Alphonsa Shrine ChurchNagercoilView parish
- St Antonys ChurchVayalinkaraiView parish
- St Benedicts ChurchBengiriView parish
- St Chavara Kuriakose ChurchKuttaicodeView parish
- St Francis Assisi ChurchMezhacodeView parish
- St George ChurchAnayadiView parish
- St George Shrine ChurchMunchiraiView parish
- St James ChurchMankaraiView parish
- St Josephs ChurchThadikarankonamView parish
- St Josephs ChurchKarodeView parish
- St Josephs ChurchKunnuvilaiView parish
- St Loretto atha ChurchPilankaraiView parish
- St Maria Goretti ChurchAthencodeView parish
- St Martin De Porres ChurchKazhuvanthittaiView parish
- St Marys ChurchThuckalayView parish
- St Marys ChurchPenuView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar George Rajendran
- Born
- 14 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Padanthalomoodu
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St Joseph's Cathedral, Soosaipuram, Thuckalay stands in Thuckalay, 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
Founded on 11 November 1996, the Eparchy of Thuckalay (Syriac: ܕܡܛܪܢܘܬܐ ܬܟܠܝ, romanized: Maṭranūthā d-Thakkala; Tamil: தக்கலை மறைமாவட்டம், romanized: Takkalai Maṟaimāvattam) is an Eastern Catholic eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, located in Thuckaly, Kanyakumari District, India.