Suffragan diocese Vijayapuram, India
Diocese of Vijayapuram
Viiayapuramen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Vijayapuram is a Latin Catholic diocese headquartered in Kottayam, Kerala, India, covering parts of Kottayam, Idukki, and neighboring districts. It was established in 1930 from the Archdiocese of Verapoly, to which it is suffragan.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1930
- Catholics
- 79,021
- Priests
- 184
- Territory
- 9,000 km²
Parishes and churches
91 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Christ the KingKothanalloor · CathedralView parish
- Immaculate Heart of MaryKottayam · CathedralView parish
- St GeorgeKappadu · CathedralView parish
- St GeorgeUllanad · CathedralView parish
- St. DominicChathamattom · CathedralView parish
- St. JohnPalathuruth · CathedralView parish
- St. JosephKottayam · CathedralView parish
- St. MaryChanganassery · CathedralView parish
- St. ThomasNedumkunnam · CathedralView parish
- Ave MariaDevikulamView parish
- Christ the KingMuvattupuzhaView parish
- Fatima Matha and St SebastianKunnamthanamView parish
- Good ShepherdKottayamView parish
- Holy CrossKuravilangadView parish
- Holy CrossVaishyambhagamView parish
- Holy FamilyEdamonView parish
- Holy FamilyVazhathopeView parish
- Infant JesusElapparaView parish
- Infant JesusMaduravelyView parish
- Infant JesusSanthanparaView parish
- Little FlowerCherupushpa NagarView parish
- Little FlowerElikulamView parish
- Little FlowerKanthaloorView parish
- Little FlowerKattampackView parish
- Little FlowerMadathumbhagamView parish
- Little FlowerRanniView parish
- Little FlowerVanavathukaraView parish
- Mary Mother of SorrowsKurumulloorView parish
- Nithya Sahaya MathaChitirapuramView parish
- Our LadyMarayoorView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sebastian Thekethecheril
- Born
- 30 July 1954
- Birthplace
- Aapadanad
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Kottayam stands in Vijayapuram, 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
Kottayam is the see city of this diocese (Latin: Viiayapuramen(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Verapoly in India.