Metropolitan see Verapoly, India
Archdiocese of Verapoly
Verapolitan(us)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Verapoly is the Latin Catholic metropolitan see for Malabar, headquartered in Cochin, Kerala, India. Originating as the Vicariate of Malabar in 1657 and raised to an archdiocese in 1886, it oversees the suffragan dioceses of Cochin, Kottapuram, and Vijayapuram.
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- Established
- 1657
- Catholics
- 369,840
- Priests
- 382
- Territory
- 1,500 km²
Parishes and churches
160 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St TeresaErnakulamView parish
- St ThomasThomaspuramMass times recorded
- St ThomasKadekurisinkalView parish
- St ThomasKuttikattukaraMass times recorded
- St. GeorgeAngamalyView parish
- ThattazhathamaVaduthalaMass times recorded
- Thiruhridaya BhavanThettilView parish
- Unni MisihaThelathuruthMass times recorded
- Velankanni MathaKarimukalView parish
- VimalambikaPalarivattomView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Joseph Kalathiparambil
- Born
- 6 October 1952
- Birthplace
- Vaduthala
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The cathedral
St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Ernakulam, Cochin stands in Verapoly, 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
Headquartered at the city of Cochin in the south Indian state of Kerala, the Archdiocese of Verapoly (Malayalam: വരാപ്പുഴ അതിരൂപത, Latin: Archidioecesis Verapolitana) is a Latin Church territory serving the Latin Catholics of Malabar. Under its administrative care stand the suffragan dioceses of Cochin, Kottapuram, and Vijayapuram. The headquarters lies in Kochi along the Malabar Coast in India. The see began as the Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar in 1657 and was raised to a metropolitan see in 1886. The name Verapoly is the anglicised form of Varapuzha.
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